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Leyte Gulf Philippines-1944: Military Landing Craft Transporting Cargo In Ocean

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

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Military Landing Craft Transporting Cargo In Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this archival footage captures a military landing craft navigating the waters of Leyte Gulf, Philippines. The clip opens with a close-up of stacked wooden crates secured on deck, then transitions to a wide shot of the vessel moving swiftly across the ocean, leaving a white wake. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a purple tint, reflecting wartime home movie aesthetics. The scene conveys the urgency and scale of wartime logistics during the Pacific Theater.

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
123138179

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

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

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Topics & Keywords

  • cargo
  • boat
  • water
  • ocean
  • working
  • speed
  • person
  • driving
  • transportation
  • leyte gulf philippines
  • 1944
  • 1944 military landing craft
  • WWII naval transport
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Super 8 wartime footage
  • military cargo ship
  • Pacific Theater
  • historical naval operations
  • archival military footage
  • wartime supply transport
  • 1940s home movie
  • 8mm film grain
  • vintage military footage
  • ocean transport
  • amphibious assault
  • historical documentary
  • retro military film
  • naval logistics
  • WWII Philippines

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1940s Pacific Theater archive requests needing brief wartime logistics, landing craft, cargo transport, or ocean movement inserts.
Period detail
The frames show wooden cargo crates, a small military-style vessel, open water, and 8mm color stock consistent with the supplied 1944 Leyte Gulf metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The camera observes deck cargo and the craft from an informal, moving vantage point, giving the footage a firsthand wartime home-movie perspective.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include stacked wooden crates, deck shadows, dark film borders, blue ocean, a small craft, white wake, and purple color shift.
Film character
The 8mm scan has soft focus, heavy grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and blue-purple color drift that read as physical wartime film texture.
Edit role
Editors can use this as a short insert, transition, or cutaway for wartime supply movement, sea transport, or Pacific logistics sequences.
Historical context
The clip visually situates military cargo movement on open water without showing combat, identifiable personnel, or readable unit markings.
Research note
No faces, logos, or private property are visible, but military subject matter and copyright status should still be reviewed separately from likeness concerns.
Research search match
Relevant searches include 1940s 8mm military landing craft, Leyte Gulf cargo boat, Pacific wartime logistics, and wooden crates on deck.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other 1944 Leyte Gulf material, then broader military cargo and ocean transport footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Wooden cargo crates stacked on deck in 8mm footage identified as 1944 Leyte Gulf, with dark borders and purple color cast.
Stacked wooden crates fill the deck area at the start of the clip.
Overhead view of stacked wooden crates on a vessel deck in 8mm footage associated with Leyte Gulf in 1944.
Cargo crates are secured or stacked on the deck of the vessel.
Small military-style landing craft crosses open water in footage identified as Leyte Gulf, Philippines, 1944.
The craft moves across open water with a bright wake trailing behind it.
A cargo-bearing craft travels through blue water in 8mm wartime footage associated with Leyte Gulf in 1944.
The vessel continues across the water, leaving a foamy wake.

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