Leyte Gulf Philippines-1944: Soldier Sits On Log And Smokes In Tropical Field

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

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Soldier Sits On Log And Smokes In Tropical Field — Clip Details

LEYTE GULF PHILIPPINES-1944: A soldier in a military uniform sits on a log in a lush, tropical field, smoking a cigarette. The 8mm home movie footage, shot in the 1940s, shows the man in a relaxed pose with dense green foliage and palm trees in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics with visible grain, color fading, and vertical scratches, capturing a candid moment of wartime downtime. The final frame reveals a distant view of a small hut and the surrounding landscape, emphasizing the remote setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123138279

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 wartime Pacific theater or military downtime requests needing candid 8mm footage of a uniformed soldier in a tropical field.
Period detail: The uniform, cigarette, field setting, and metadata-supported Leyte Gulf location place the scene in a 1944 military context, though no unit markings are legible.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged pause as a soldier sits on a log and smokes while the camera observes from a short distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated uniformed man, cigarette gesture, log, grassy field, dense tropical foliage, palms, dark frame edges, and a distant hut in the final view.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, saturated fading color, handheld framing, visible grain, gate edges, and vertical scratches that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet cutaway, memory beat, or transition from combat context to off-duty military life in a tropical landscape.
Historical context: The clip visually suggests wartime waiting or rest in a rural tropical environment, without showing combat, equipment movement, or identifiable military action.
Research note: People and military context are visible, so likeness, editorial use, and any underlying copyright status should be reviewed separately before publication.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s 8mm soldier smoking, Leyte Gulf home movie, Pacific theater downtime, tropical military field, and wartime candid footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1944 Leyte Gulf material, then with broader Pacific wartime rest or landscape clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In metadata-supported 1944 Leyte Gulf footage, a uniformed soldier sits on a log in a green tropical field. — A uniformed man rests on a log in a tropical field, partly obscured by film scratches.

A uniformed soldier appears to smoke while seated on a log in a tropical Leyte Gulf field. — The soldier sits in profile with a cigarette gesture against a grassy, wooded background.

The soldier remains seated on the log, with tropical vegetation and dark gear-like shapes near the ground. — A closer home-movie view holds on the seated soldier and nearby objects at his feet.

A wider Leyte Gulf landscape view shows an open field, tree line, and small distant hut-like structure. — The clip ends on a distant rural landscape with a small hut near the tree line.

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