Persian Gulf-1947: Video Taken From A Boat Out In Middle Of Ocean As Large Waves

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Year1947
Decade1940s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Video Taken From A Boat Out In Middle Of Ocean As Large... — Clip Details

Shot from a boat in the Persian Gulf in 1947, this 8mm home movie captures turbulent ocean waves under a cloudy sky. The footage shows a rough sea with large swells and whitecaps, filmed through a window frame with visible film grain and scratches. The camera remains steady, offering a first-person view of the stormy conditions at sea. The deep blue water contrasts with the overcast sky, evoking a sense of isolation and adventure during a mid-century maritime journey.

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: 124759390

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.

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

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1947 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: Not recorded Unidentified (Insufficient evidence for a responsible conclusion.)
Location evidence: No location is recorded for this clip.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s maritime or travel-documentary sequences needing archival home-movie views of rough open water from a boat.
Period detail: The metadata places the footage in 1947, while the visible content itself shows only open sea, clouds, window framing, and 8mm-era color film texture.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged passenger viewpoint, watching heavy swells from behind a boat window or structural frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include choppy blue water, whitecaps, low cloudy sky, dark vertical window framing, film grain, scratches, and slight exposure variation.
Film character: The footage has a soft 8mm color look with visible grain, dust, scratches, muted contrast, and steady observational framing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, transition, atmosphere cutaway, or memory beat for sea travel and rough-weather passage.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for mid-century small-gauge travel filming at sea without identifying a vessel, route, or precise location in the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright and source permissions still require separate verification.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1947 8mm home movie rough sea, Persian Gulf boat footage, open ocean waves, whitecaps, and mid-century travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel boat footage, then other 1947 Persian Gulf material, then broader archival clips of ocean swells and maritime travel.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 Persian Gulf home-movie frame showing large ocean swells beneath a cloudy sky, viewed through dark vertical framing. — Large swells roll under a cloudy sky, seen from a boat-framed viewpoint.

Archival 8mm view of choppy water and cloud cover, with a dark vertical frame dividing the boat-side view. — Choppy open water sits below a band of clouds and dark window framing.

Soft 8mm frame with a cloudy sky dominating the view and a narrow band of rough sea at the bottom. — Clouds fill most of the frame above a low strip of rough sea.

1947 home-movie view from a boat, with dark framing around cloudy sky and a rough ocean surface below. — A framed boat view catches whitecaps beneath a broad cloudy sky.

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