Leyte Gulf Philippines-1944: Amphibious Tank Suspended over Ocean

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

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Amphibious Tank Suspended over Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this vintage footage captures a military operation in Leyte Gulf, Philippines. A large cargo ship is anchored in the ocean as a tracked vehicle, likely an amphibious tank or armored personnel carrier, is suspended by a crane over the water. The scene unfolds under a cloudy sky, with the deep blue sea and distant horizon visible. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 home movie adds to its historical authenticity, offering a rare glimpse of wartime logistics and naval support during World War II.

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: 123138195

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

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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: This 1944 Leyte Gulf 8mm clip suits editorial requests for World War II naval logistics, cargo handling, and amphibious vehicle deployment at sea.
Period detail: The frames show a wartime cargo or support ship, a smaller landing craft, and a tracked military vehicle handled by a crane, consistent with 1940s naval operations.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an observer's shipboard viewpoint, recording military work from a distance rather than a staged or official close-up.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open sea, a large anchored ship, a small landing craft, a shipboard crane, a suspended tracked vehicle, deck railings, cloudy sky, and distant horizon.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, blue-magenta color shift, gate edges, and slight handheld instability that mark it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or cutaway for wartime transport, amphibious support, or naval supply sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually documents ship-to-water handling of a tracked vehicle in Leyte Gulf without identifying the unit, vessel name, or exact operation shown.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or brands are visible, but the military subject and vessel identification should still be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1944 Leyte Gulf 8mm footage, World War II naval logistics, tracked vehicle crane lift, amphibious tank at sea, and cargo ship Philippines.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots from this operation, then with 1944 Leyte Gulf footage, then with broader World War II naval logistics or amphibious landing material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 Leyte Gulf view of a large cargo or support ship offshore with a smaller craft moving across the foreground. — Large ship and smaller craft on open water in Leyte Gulf.

1944 Leyte Gulf shot of a small landing craft or boat on the sea, with a large ship anchored beyond it. — Small craft passes before an anchored ship at sea.

1944 Leyte Gulf shipboard view of a tracked military vehicle suspended by a crane above open water. — Tracked vehicle suspended from a crane over the sea.

Shipboard 1944 Leyte Gulf view of a crane lifting a tracked vehicle above the ocean, with deck railings in the foreground. — Crane lift of a tracked vehicle above open water.

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