Papua New Guinea-1944: Wooden Crosses Guard The Remain Of Unforgotten Souls In

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

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Wooden Crosses Guard The Remain Of Unforgotten Souls In — Clip Details

PAPUA NEW GUINEA-1944: Rows of white wooden crosses stand solemnly in a grassy military cemetery, their stark forms contrasting with the lush green landscape. A spindly tree with dark branches and red flowers frames the right side of the shot, while a figure in dark clothing walks slowly in the background. The footage, shot on 8mm film, displays a distinct vintage color palette with faded purples and greens, characteristic of mid-20th century home movies. The camera remains mostly static, capturing the quiet reverence of the memorial site under soft, overcast light.

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: 123138521

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: 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: 1940s Papua New Guinea 8mm footage suited to documentary requests for wartime-era cemetery, memorial, or remembrance cutaways.
Period detail: The white wooden cross markers, soft color 8mm stock, and tropical grounds may show a mid-1940s military cemetery setting in Papua New Guinea.
Home-movie behavior: The static visitor-shot framing and distant passerby give the scene an unstaged memorial observation rather than a formal newsreel view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rows of white wooden crosses, green cemetery grass, a path, a spindly flowering tree, distant fencing, and a small background figure.
Film character: The clip has 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and faded purple-green color that read as physical home-movie film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a solemn insert, transition, or memory beat in sequences about wartime loss, burial sites, or remembrance.
Historical context: The imagery places religious cross markers within a maintained tropical cemetery, suggesting commemoration without identifying the buried individuals or exact site.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, and the religious and military cemetery subject warrants review for likeness, cultural sensitivity, and separate copyright clearance.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1940s Papua New Guinea 8mm cemetery, wooden cross memorial footage, wartime grave markers, and home movie military cemetery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Papua New Guinea 1944 material, then cemetery, memorial, wartime, or religious remembrance themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940s Papua New Guinea 8mm frame showing white wooden cross markers in a green cemetery, with trees and a distant figure near a path. — White wooden crosses stand in rows across a grassy cemetery, with a distant figure passing behind them.

1940s Papua New Guinea 8mm frame of white cross grave markers partly framed by a dark tree, with a path and foliage beyond. — Cross-shaped grave markers fill the foreground while a tree and path frame the cemetery grounds.

1940s Papua New Guinea 8mm frame showing rows of white wooden crosses, green lawn, and a dark-branched tree with red flowers. — A flowering tree partially frames white wooden cemetery crosses set in a green lawn.

1940s Papua New Guinea 8mm frame of white wooden cemetery crosses viewed through a flowering tree, with grass and a path beyond. — White cross markers recede across the cemetery as tree branches and red flowers fill the right side.

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