Papua New Guinea-1944: United States Armed Forces Cemetery Sign In New Guinea

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Year1944
Decade1940s
LocationPapua New Guinea
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1944 Papua New Guinea

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United States Armed Forces Cemetery Sign In New Guinea — Clip Details

PAPUA NEW GUINEA-1944: This vintage 8mm home movie footage captures the United States Armed Forces Cemetery in New Guinea, with a clear view of the official sign marking the site. The clip shows the sign's text and emblem in sharp focus against a backdrop of tropical trees, with natural daylight illuminating the scene. The film exhibits characteristic 1940s Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, offering authentic archival footage of a wartime memorial. The static shot emphasizes the solemnity and historical significance of the location during World War II.

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: 123138497

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: Papua New Guinea 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 World War II-era archive requests needing an exterior cemetery sign insert from Papua New Guinea for documentary or education use.
Period detail: The painted sign for a United States Armed Forces Cemetery in Lae, New Guinea, provides the clearest visible period and location clue.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, holding on the sign long enough to record the memorial site rather than staging activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the cemetery sign, United States Armed Forces wording, a central emblem, white sign supports, dark tree silhouettes, and tropical foliage.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and color shift consistent with wartime home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, location identifier, solemn transition, or memory beat in a sequence about wartime burial sites.
Historical context: The frame documents a marked U.S. armed forces cemetery site in New Guinea, with the sign itself carrying the primary historical information.
Research note: No people are visible, but the military emblem and cemetery subject should be reviewed for copyright, institutional, and contextual use considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1944 8mm Papua New Guinea cemetery sign, United States Armed Forces Cemetery Lae, and World War II memorial footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1944 Papua New Guinea material, then broader World War II cemetery or military memorial footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 Papua New Guinea footage showing a United States Armed Forces Cemetery sign for Lae No. 1 New Guinea. — Cemetery sign for United States Armed Forces Cemetery, Lae No. 1 New Guinea.

The sign remains centered, identifying the United States Armed Forces Cemetery at Lae No. 1 New Guinea. — Static view of the cemetery identification sign against dark foliage.

A slightly shifted frame shows the Lae No. 1 New Guinea cemetery sign in soft 8mm focus. — Sign text remains legible as the frame drifts slightly within the 8mm shot.

Final frame of the 1944 Papua New Guinea clip holds on the cemetery sign with the Lae No. 1 New Guinea text visible. — Final held view of the United States Armed Forces Cemetery sign.

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