Leyte Gulf Philippines-1944: Military Landing Craft Transporting Wooden Crates

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

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Military Landing Craft Transporting Wooden Crates — 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

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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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