Leyte Gulf Philippines-1944: Military Truck Going Through A Small Town

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

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Military Truck Going Through A Small Town — 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

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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.

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.

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.

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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