Leyte Gulf Philippines-1944: Man Carrying Wood Past Thatched Hut

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

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Man Carrying Wood Past Thatched Hut — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this vintage footage captures a man walking past a traditional thatched hut in Leyte Gulf, Philippines. The scene unfolds in a tropical setting with lush greenery and palm trees surrounding the rustic wooden structure. The man, carrying a bundle of wood on his shoulders, moves through the frame with purpose. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—vibrant yet faded colors, noticeable grain, and slight color shifts typical of wartime home movies. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse into daily life during World War II in the Pacific.

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: 123138246

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: 1940s 8mm footage from Leyte Gulf, Philippines, suited to documentary or educational requests for wartime-era civilian surroundings and tropical village exteriors.
Period detail: The thatched roof, timber walling, simple raised structure, palms, and handheld 8mm color may show mid-1940s rural Philippine building and landscape details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, observing a man moving through a village setting rather than presenting a formal portrait or planned scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a thatched hut, timber walls, palm trunks, dense tropical foliage, a diagonal pole or support, shaded ground, and an indistinct person near the structure.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm contact-frame texture with saturated magenta color shift, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, location insert, or memory beat linking wartime Pacific narration to everyday rural surroundings.
Historical context: The visible scene provides social context for rural architecture and movement around a tropical settlement, without proving a specific military event in the frames.
Research note: People appear indistinct, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location, property, and cultural context should be checked separately before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1940s 8mm Philippines village hut, Leyte Gulf home movie, man carrying wood, tropical thatched house, and wartime Pacific civilian scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1944 Leyte Gulf material, then broader 1940s Philippine village or Pacific home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 Leyte Gulf 8mm frame showing a thatched hut, timber siding, palms, and a diagonal pole in a tropical village setting. — Thatched hut and palms seen from a soft, color-shifted 8mm frame.

1944 Leyte Gulf home-movie frame with a thatched hut, palm trunks, foliage, and a diagonal support or pole across the view. — Tropical hut exterior framed by palms and a diagonal pole.

Soft 8mm frame from Leyte Gulf showing a thatched structure, surrounding palms, and a diagonal pole across the tropical exterior. — Blurred village hut exterior with palms and a slanting pole.

1944 Leyte Gulf frame showing a thatched hut and palms, with an indistinct person partly visible near the right side of the scene. — Village hut and palms with a partially visible person at the right edge.

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