Leyte Gulf Philippines-1944: Vintage 8mm Film Of A River Crossing With Palm Trees

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

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Vintage 8mm Film Of A River Crossing With Palm Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this vintage footage captures a tranquil river crossing in Leyte Gulf, Philippines. The view from a moving boat shows a dense tropical shoreline lined with tall palm trees and lush greenery. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: soft focus, noticeable grain, and a distinct color shift with purplish-blue tones and pinkish vertical streaks, likely from aging or film stock. The water reflects the overcast sky, creating a serene, nostalgic atmosphere. This archival home movie offers a rare glimpse of the Philippine landscape 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: 123138261

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: Useful for 1940s documentary or education edits needing a brief Philippines river or shoreline travel view from wartime-era home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-1940s tropical river passage, with no visible modern structures, vehicles, signage, or people to further date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged boat-level viewpoint, recording shoreline and water as a traveler or service member passes through the landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm water, dense palm trees, tropical shoreline vegetation, overcast sky, soft horizon, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, handheld framing, faded purplish-blue color, and pink vertical staining that signal aged physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing cutaway, travel insert, transition, or reflective memory beat between wartime or island-location scenes.
Historical context: The clip gives visual context for a tropical Philippine waterside setting during the 1940s without showing combat, military activity, or identifiable people.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, though copyright, location verification, and any collection-specific permissions still require review.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1940s 8mm Philippines river footage, Leyte Gulf palm shoreline, tropical boat view, and World War II era home movie landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Philippines travel material, then other 1944 Leyte Gulf footage, then broader tropical river, boat, shoreline, and WWII-era landscape clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 Leyte Gulf, Philippines footage appears to show a palm-covered shoreline across a calm river or inlet. — A soft 8mm view of palms and dense shoreline vegetation across calm water.

A boat-level view across water toward dense palms and tropical vegetation in the supported Leyte Gulf setting. — Palm trees and shoreline greenery pass slowly across the frame from the water.

The 8mm frame shows a nearer palm-lined bank beside pale water, consistent with the Leyte Gulf, Philippines metadata. — Dense palms and riverbank vegetation fill the middle of the frame above pale water.

A faded 1940s 8mm view of palm trees and tropical riverbank vegetation in the supported Philippines location. — The final frame holds on a palm-covered bank with aged color shifts and film borders.

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