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Leyte Gulf Philippines-1944: Military Truck on Village Road

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  • Year1944
  • Decade1940s
  • LocationLeyte Gulf, Philippines
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1944 · Leyte Gulf, Philippines
  • StatusDirect License

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Military Truck on Village Road — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this vintage footage captures a military truck navigating a muddy, unpaved road through a small village in Leyte Gulf, Philippines. Traditional thatched-roof homes line the path, surrounded by lush greenery and utility poles under a cloudy sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and light leaks, with a person briefly visible near a dwelling. This archival home movie offers a rare glimpse of wartime transportation and daily life in a Philippine community 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
123138223

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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Topics & Keywords

  • military
  • man
  • small town
  • truck
  • going
  • small
  • town
  • transportation
  • leyte gulf philippines
  • 1944
  • 1944 Philippines
  • wartime transportation
  • military truck
  • Philippine village
  • WWII home movie
  • 8mm film
  • archival footage
  • historical documentary
  • military convoy
  • tropical village
  • muddy road
  • thatched roof
  • World War II
  • retro film
  • vintage 8mm
  • Leyte Gulf
  • wartime life
  • colonial architecture
  • film grain
  • 1940s
  • military vehicle
  • historical footage
  • documentary footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1940s wartime Pacific home-movie requests needing a brief village road insert with military transport in Leyte Gulf, Philippines.
Period detail
Thatched roof dwellings, a muddy unpaved road, utility poles, and a military truck may show rural Philippine village conditions during the 1940s.
Home-movie behavior
The handheld viewpoint follows a vehicle moving through a village, capturing an unstaged roadside glimpse of homes, mud, and a person near a dwelling.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a muddy road, thatched houses, utility poles, trees, a military truck, puddles, and a person standing near a doorway.
Film character
The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, color shift, and red light leaks that read as original physical-film texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a short wartime travel insert, village transition, transport cutaway, or memory beat within a Pacific theater sequence.
Historical context
The clip visually connects military movement with everyday village surroundings without identifying residents, units, or specific events beyond the supplied metadata.
Research note
People and private dwellings are visible, so likeness and property context should be reviewed separately from any copyright or footage license assessment.
Research search match
Search matches include 1940s Leyte Gulf village road footage, World War II Philippines military truck, and 8mm Pacific home movie transportation.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with the same reel, then other 1944 Leyte Gulf footage, then related wartime village, road, military transport, and Pacific home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Leyte Gulf, Philippines, a military truck moves along a muddy village road lined with thatched houses, poles, trees, and puddles.

Military truck travels through a muddy road past village houses.

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A truck appears farther along a muddy road in a Leyte Gulf village, with thatched homes, trees, and utility poles visible under cloudy sky.

Truck continues along the rutted village road.

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Thatched homes line a muddy road in Leyte Gulf, Philippines, with a person in light clothing standing near a doorway or sheltered area.

Person stands near a dwelling beside the muddy village road.

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A person stands near a thatched-roof dwelling at the roadside, with village houses and a muddy track visible in the 1940s Leyte Gulf footage.

Roadside dwelling and standing figure at the end of the clip.

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