Leyte Gulf Philippines-1944: Amphibious Landing Craft in Action

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Year1944
Decade1940s
LocationLeyte Gulf, Philippines
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1944 Philippines

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Amphibious Landing Craft in Action — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this archival footage captures a military amphibious landing operation in Leyte Gulf, Philippines. The sequence opens with a wide view of numerous landing craft approaching a distant shoreline under an overcast sky, followed by a closer aerial perspective of a single tracked amphibious vehicle navigating the water. A soldier is visible aboard the craft as it moves through the waves, leaving a white wake. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color fading, and light leaks, conveying a raw, historical wartime perspective. This authentic wartime footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, and editorial content exploring World War II in the Pacific.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123138137

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1944 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Leyte Gulf, Philippines Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s Pacific wartime 8mm footage for documentary or educational edits needing amphibious landing craft underway near Leyte Gulf.
Period detail: Visible clues include small military-style landing craft, open water, distant shoreline, and color 8mm handling consistent with the supplied 1944 Leyte Gulf metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a direct observer's view, with brief, functional framing of craft moving through water rather than staged military coverage.
What appears in frame: The frames show open sea, an overcast horizon, distant clustered boats, a shoreline, a tracked amphibious craft, a visible soldier, white wake, and film gate edges.
Film character: Soft focus, blue color shift, grain, exposure variation, light leaks, and contact-print framing give the footage recognizable mid-century amateur-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, wartime transition, or establishing cutaway for amphibious movement in the Pacific theater.
Historical context: The visible action places military water transport in a broad coastal setting, supporting context around wartime movement without confirming unit, vessel type, or exact operation from the frames alone.
Research note: People and military subjects are visible, so copyright status should be checked separately from likeness, military-identification, and contextual-use review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1940s 8mm Leyte Gulf landing craft, World War II Pacific amphibious vehicle, and vintage home-movie military boat footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from this reel, then with verified 1944 Leyte Gulf material, then with broader Pacific war amphibious transport footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 Leyte Gulf 8mm frame showing small craft moving across open water toward a distant shoreline beneath an overcast sky. — Small landing craft cross open water near a distant shore.

1944 Leyte Gulf 8mm frame with multiple small craft on open water and a low shoreline in the distance. — Multiple craft appear against the horizon in a coastal wartime setting.

1944 Leyte Gulf 8mm frame showing a tracked amphibious vehicle from above, with a soldier visible aboard as it moves through water. — A tracked amphibious craft moves through the water with one person visible aboard.

1944 Leyte Gulf 8mm frame of a tracked amphibious craft underway on open water, with wake and a visible person aboard. — The amphibious craft continues across the water, leaving a white wake.

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