Leyte Gulf Philippines-1944: Vintage Cars Travel Dirt Road Past Palms And Homes

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

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Vintage Cars Travel Dirt Road Past Palms And Homes — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this vintage footage captures a quiet street scene in Leyte Gulf, Philippines. A dirt road winds through a tropical village, lined with lush palm trees and simple wooden structures. Early 20th-century vehicles, including a small truck and a car, move slowly along the path, while local residents walk past in period clothing. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, purple and pink color shifts, and visible grain, offering a rare glimpse into daily life during the Pacific War era.

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: 123138216

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s Pacific War-era editorial projects needing everyday road travel and village street atmosphere in the Philippines.
Period detail: The clip may show wartime-era civilian vehicles, dirt roads, wooden roadside structures, and tropical planting consistent with the supplied 1944 Leyte Gulf metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld view observes vehicles and pedestrians from the roadside without staged action, giving the scene a brief home-movie record of ordinary movement.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a dirt road, early automobiles, pedestrians, palm and banana plants, roadside homes, utility poles, and cloudy sky.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, frame edges, and purple-pink color shifts that mark it as scanned physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or cutaway for wartime home-front travel, village roads, or tropical street memory beats.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for road conditions, vegetation, vehicles, and pedestrian movement in a Philippine village setting during the supplied 1944 period.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no readable brands appear, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property issues.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1944 Leyte Gulf 8mm village road footage, Philippines wartime street scene, vintage cars on dirt road, and Pacific War home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Leyte Gulf material, then other 1944 Philippines footage, then broader 1940s tropical village road and wartime travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 Leyte Gulf footage shows vehicles and pedestrians on a dirt road with buildings and utility poles nearby. — Cars and walkers pass along a village dirt road near roadside structures.

A car and a pedestrian appear on a dirt road in Leyte Gulf, Philippines, with utility poles and roadside buildings visible. — A vehicle and pedestrian move through the village road scene.

The road view shifts to dense banana plants and small structures along a dirt lane in the supplied Leyte Gulf setting. — Banana plants line the dirt road near small village buildings.

Leyte Gulf home-movie footage shows a dirt road bordered by banana plants, trees, and low village structures. — The road continues past tropical planting and low structures.

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