Persian Gulf-1947: Ocean Waves Under Cloudy Horizon

$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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Ocean Waves Under Cloudy Horizon — Clip Details

PERSIAN GULF-1947: Vibrant blue ocean waves roll under a cloudy sky, captured on 8mm film with visible grain and scratches. The camera holds steady on the horizon, showing the vast expanse of water and overcast atmosphere. This authentic home movie footage offers a nostalgic glimpse of the Persian Gulf in the late 1940s, with natural lighting and a slightly faded color palette characteristic of vintage Super 8 film. Ideal for historical documentaries, archival projects, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 124759396

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1940s archive requests needing a brief maritime cutaway of open water, horizon, and cloudy sky for documentary or editorial use.
Period detail: The supplied 1947 dating and 8mm source suggest late-1940s home-movie material, while the visible scene itself offers few place-specific era clues beyond color film texture.
Home-movie behavior: The steady, observational framing reads as traveler-shot home-movie footage, lingering on the sea surface rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark blue waves, a low horizon line, pale cloudy sky, occasional whitecaps, soft focus, film grain, scratches, and frame-edge shadows.
Film character: The clip has an 8mm home-movie character with faded color, visible grain, scratches, slight exposure variation, and a steady but informal camera hold.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short maritime insert, atmospheric transition, voyage cutaway, or quiet memory beat between travel or regional history sequences.
Historical context: The footage may show open water in the Persian Gulf as described by the clip metadata, but the frames do not show landmarks, vessels, shore activity, or identifiable events.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or private property are visible, though copyright, collection permissions, and location/date claims should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1940s 8mm ocean horizon, vintage home movie sea waves, Persian Gulf archival water footage, and cloudy sky maritime cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with verified 1947 Persian Gulf material, and then with broader vintage sea, travel, or voyage imagery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 8mm home-movie frame of open water, with dark waves, whitecaps, and a pale cloudy sky above a low horizon. — Open sea and low horizon beneath an overcast sky.

Open sea described as Persian Gulf footage, showing rolling dark water, whitecaps, and a muted cloudy sky on 8mm film. — Rolling water and clouds fill the frame with no shore visible.

Faded 8mm frame of dark sea under a hazy, clouded sky, with the horizon low and no visible people or structures. — Hazy sky over dark water in a quiet sea view.

Final 8mm frame holds on open water and pale cloud cover, with dark waves and faint whitecaps near the horizon. — The camera remains fixed on open water and a cloudy horizon.

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