Persian Gulf-1947: Stormy Ocean Waves with Birds Flying

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1947
Decade1940s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Stormy Ocean Waves with Birds Flying — Clip Details

PERSIAN GULF-1947: A dramatic 8mm home movie captures turbulent ocean waves crashing under a heavy overcast sky. The footage, shot from a moving vessel, shows churning blue water with whitecaps and scattered birds flying low over the stormy sea. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural wear, conveying the raw power of nature during a rough sea journey. This authentic vintage 1947 archive clip offers a rare glimpse of maritime conditions in the Persian Gulf, perfect for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or editorial projects.

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: 124759393

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing 1940s maritime home-movie footage as a storm-at-sea insert, weather cutaway, or archival travel transition.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-20th-century 8mm color footage, with no visible vessel details, landmarks, or people to independently confirm place beyond the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The viewpoint feels shot from a moving vessel, holding on rough open water rather than staging a scene, which gives the clip practical observational value.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark blue swells, whitecaps, a low horizon, overcast sky, film-frame borders, surface spray, and possible distant birds.
Film character: The clip carries an 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, color shift, gate edges, dust, scratches, and handheld exposure variation.
Edit role: An editor can use it as a short sea-weather insert, voyage transition, atmospheric cutaway, or memory beat within a travel or maritime sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents rough open-water conditions from an amateur perspective, without visible signs that identify a specific port, ship, event, or shoreline.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any production-specific location or contextual claims.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s 8mm stormy ocean waves, vintage home movie rough sea, Persian Gulf archive water footage, and birds over whitecaps.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1947 Persian Gulf or maritime footage, then broader vintage rough-sea and overcast weather scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft 8mm frame of rough open water beneath an overcast sky, with dark gate edges and visible film wear. — Rough open water fills the frame beneath a heavy sky.

Choppy blue sea with whitecaps rolling toward the camera, framed by dark 8mm gate edges. — Whitecaps break across a choppy blue sea.

A larger swell crosses the frame with foamy streaks on dark blue water and visible scratches in the film image. — A dark swell rises across the open water.

Rolling open sea with scattered whitecaps below a pale sky, shown through faded 8mm color and dark frame edges. — Rolling waves stretch to a low horizon under pale sky.

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