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Papua New Guinea-1944: Tropical Island With Palm Trees And Calm Waters

  • Year1944
  • Decade1940s
  • LocationPapua New Guinea
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1944 Papua New Guinea
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Tropical Island With Palm Trees And Calm Waters — Clip Details

PAPUA NEW GUINEA-1944: A serene tropical island scene captured on 8mm film, featuring a dense grove of palm trees lining a calm body of water. The lush green hills rise in the background under a bright sky, with gentle ripples on the water's surface. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic frame edges of a vintage home movie, conveying a peaceful, nostalgic atmosphere of a remote Pacific island in the mid-20th century.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
123138454

Rights & Clearance

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

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Date
1944 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Papua New Guinea Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route
Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Topics & Keywords

  • picturesque
  • quiet
  • isle
  • current
  • ripples
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  • palm
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  • nature
  • papua new guinea
  • 1944
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  • vintage 8mm film
  • Papua New Guinea 1944
  • palm trees by water
  • tropical nature scene
  • 8mm home movie
  • archival footage
  • Pacific island
  • vintage film grain
  • old film footage
  • historical documentary
  • serene island
  • ocean ripples
  • lush green hills
  • retro home movie
  • classic film
  • nostalgic scenery
  • 1940s footage
  • remote island
  • vintage nature clip

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1940s Pacific island establishing shots, nature cutaways, or documentary sequences needing quiet tropical shoreline footage from home-movie 8mm material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 Papua New Guinea 8mm frame showing a palm-lined tropical shoreline, calm water, green hillside, and visible film borders.
Palm trees lean over calm water beneath a green hillside.

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