Leyte Gulf Philippines-1944: Three Men Try To Control A Homemade Sailboat On

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

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Three Men Try To Control A Homemade Sailboat On — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this vintage footage captures three men navigating a homemade sailboat in Leyte Gulf, Philippines. The high-angle view shows them working together on a rudimentary wooden vessel with a simple sail, battling the open ocean. The men wear wide-brimmed hats and light clothing, struggling to maintain control as the boat pitches on the waves. The deep blue water and visible film grain evoke a raw, historical feel, offering a rare glimpse of maritime life during wartime. This archival clip is ideal for historical documentaries, wartime narratives, or nostalgic content about Pacific Islander resilience.

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: 123138318

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: This 1940s 8mm clip can support documentary or educational requests for wartime-era maritime life and small craft on open water in Leyte Gulf.
Period detail: The simple wooden craft, improvised sail or outrigger-like rigging, wide-brimmed hats, and 8mm color stock may show mid-1940s local seafaring details.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged observer quality, with the camera watching men manage a small handmade boat from above and then at a distance on rough water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three men, a narrow wooden boat, a simple sail, oars or poles, deep blue water, distant shoreline, film frame borders, and handheld framing.
Film character: The clip carries saturated blue color, coarse 8mm grain, soft focus, gate edges, and slight exposure variation that situate it as scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, maritime insert, Pacific travel memory beat, or transition between broader wartime and civilian coastal material.
Historical context: The visuals place small-boat activity in a Philippine gulf setting during the 1940s, while the frames alone do not identify the men or their purpose.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness and contextual review may be needed even though no logos, private property, or audible music are indicated.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s 8mm Leyte Gulf sailboat, Philippines home movie small boat, Pacific wartime-era ocean footage, and homemade sailing canoe.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel maritime scenes, then with 1944 Leyte Gulf or Philippine coastal footage, then with broader handmade boat and open-ocean themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 Leyte Gulf 8mm frame showing three men from above in a narrow homemade boat with poles or oars on open water. — Three men work from a narrow wooden craft seen from above on choppy blue water.

High-angle 8mm view in Leyte Gulf, Philippines, with men clustered on a small handmade boat and long poles crossing the frame. — The men appear to steady or maneuver the craft while long poles extend across the water.

Distant 1944 Leyte Gulf frame showing a small handmade sailboat with figures aboard and a triangular sail against open water. — A small sailboat with a simple triangular sail crosses the choppy gulf water.

Distant 8mm frame of a small sailboat in Leyte Gulf, with several figures low in the boat and hazy land on the horizon. — The sailboat rides low on the water as the shoreline appears faintly in the background.

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