Leyte Gulf Philippines-1944: Old Church Bell Stands In Bell Tower Among Ruins Of Tacloban

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

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Old Church Bell Stands In Bell Tower Among Ruins Of Tacloban — Clip Details

LEYTE GULF PHILIPPINES-1944: Vintage 8mm film captures a weathered church bell tower standing amidst ruins, framed by a large tree. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows a historic structure with a domed bell tower and a white facade, surrounded by overgrown vegetation and damaged buildings. A title card identifies the location as 'TACLOBAN Provisional Capital.' The clip exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color fading, and slight camera shake, evoking a poignant sense of wartime history and resilience. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, and nostalgic content about the Philippines in the 1940s.

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: 123138204

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: This 1944 8mm clip helps document requests for wartime Philippines atmosphere, Tacloban establishing details, or ruined religious architecture in a concise archival insert.
Period detail: The title card and weathered bell tower may show Tacloban during its wartime provisional-capital period, with damaged low buildings and sparse surroundings visible behind the church structure.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot, observational perspective, holding on the bell tower and nearby tree without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white bell tower, hanging bell, domed cap, large tree, low damaged buildings, open ground, film-edge borders, and a Tacloban title card.
Film character: The scan carries soft 8mm focus, muted color, visible grain, exposure breathing, gate edges, and small specks that preserve the original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, location identifier, or reflective transition between wartime Tacloban narration and broader Leyte Gulf material.
Historical context: The frames visually connect religious architecture, damaged urban fabric, and a title card naming Tacloban, while avoiding claims beyond the visible ruins and supplied metadata.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, religious-site context, and any location-property questions still require normal rights review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1944 Tacloban 8mm footage, Leyte Gulf Philippines bell tower ruins, wartime Philippines church ruins, and Tacloban provisional capital title card.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1944 Tacloban or Leyte Gulf footage, then broader wartime Philippines ruins and church architecture clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 Tacloban home-movie frame showing a white church bell tower with a domed top, framed by a large tree and damaged low buildings. — White bell tower and large tree seen among damaged buildings in Tacloban.

1944 Leyte Gulf footage appears to show a Tacloban church bell tower beside a tree, with damaged structures and film specks visible. — Bell tower framed by a tree, with damaged buildings in the background.

Tacloban frame from 1944 shows the church bell tower and a large tree dominating the view, with low damaged buildings behind them. — Bell tower and tree fill the frame, with low buildings behind.

8mm title card identifies the location as Tacloban and includes the words Provisional Capital beneath an underline. — Title card names Tacloban as Provisional Capital.

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