Leyte Gulf Philippines-1944: Calm Waters with Distant Mountain and Ship

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

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Calm Waters with Distant Mountain and Ship — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this vintage home movie captures a distant view of Leyte Gulf, Philippines, under an overcast sky. The frame shows a calm body of water with gentle surf, a hazy mountain range in the background, and faint structures along the shoreline. A large ship is visible on the right, with smaller boats dotting the water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and film scratches, conveying a raw, historical atmosphere. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of the region during World War II, ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123138171

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s 8mm home-movie footage supporting documentary or educational requests for wartime-era Leyte Gulf coastal views and atmospheric Philippine shoreline cutaways.
Period detail: The soft color, 8mm frame edges, distant ship, and shoreline structures may show a 1944 visitor or service-member view rather than a composed scenic record.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational value of a brief handheld look across water from shore, recording weather, surf, mountains, and harbor activity without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm gulf water, a pale surf line, hazy mountains, cloudy sky, distant shoreline buildings, small boats, and a larger ship near frame right.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm archival texture through soft focus, muted color, gate edges, dust marks, scratches, and slight exposure unevenness across the short view.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a geographic establishing insert, coastal transition, wartime memory beat, or quiet cutaway between narration and more specific Leyte Gulf material.
Historical context: The view situates Leyte Gulf as a lived coastal landscape with water traffic and distant shore activity, while the frames do not independently confirm a specific event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location identification, vessel identification, and any property concerns should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1940s 8mm Leyte Gulf shoreline, Philippines wartime home movie, cloudy mountain coast, surf and distant ship, and vintage harbor view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1944 Leyte Gulf or Philippines coastal footage, then broader wartime 8mm ocean, harbor, and mountain views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 8mm view of Leyte Gulf, Philippines, showing cloudy sky, calm water, distant mountains, shoreline structures, and surf in the foreground. — Cloudy view across Leyte Gulf toward distant mountains and shoreline structures.

Leyte Gulf shoreline view on 8mm film, with overcast clouds, hazy mountains, small boats, and a larger ship at the right side. — Distant ship and small watercraft appear beneath the mountain range.

1940s 8mm coastal view of Leyte Gulf with cloudy sky, blue-gray water, distant shoreline buildings, small boats, and soft mountain silhouettes. — Small boats dot the water in front of the hazy mountain shoreline.

Leyte Gulf, Philippines, viewed from shore in 1944 home-movie footage, with overcast sky, distant mountains, calm water, and faint shore structures. — A quiet overcast view across Leyte Gulf toward mountains and shoreline buildings.

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