Persian Gulf-1947: Large Waves In Rough Seas As Seen From A Passenger's Point Of View

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Year1947
Decade1940s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Large Waves In Rough Seas As Seen From A Passenger's... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage footage captures a turbulent view of the Persian Gulf from a passenger's perspective on a vessel. The dark, stormy sky looms over churning, deep blue waves with whitecaps, conveying the rough seas. The image shows classic Super 8 film grain, scratches, and a dark border, emphasizing its archival nature. The camera remains steady, offering a continuous, immersive look at the powerful ocean during a stormy voyage.

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: 124759402

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$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 archival requests needing a brief maritime travel cutaway of rough sea conditions from a passenger viewpoint.
Period detail: The visible material shows open water and film-frame borders, with the 1947 date supported by supplied metadata rather than identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational quality of a passenger filming waves during a voyage, focused on motion and atmosphere rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Across the frames are dark blue waves, whitecaps, a low horizon, muted cloudy sky, film gate borders, scratches, dust, and steady framing.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, edge shadows, scratches, and slight exposure variation that mark it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or atmospheric cutaway for ocean travel, rough passage, or maritime memory sequences.
Historical context: The view suggests mid-century sea travel seen from aboard a vessel, but the frames do not identify the ship, route, port, or shore.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any contextual use should still be reviewed before publication.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1947 8mm Persian Gulf rough seas, passenger viewpoint ocean waves, vintage home movie maritime footage, and stormy sea cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1947 Persian Gulf material, then broader 1940s sea voyage or rough ocean clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 8mm footage frame showing rough open water and a low horizon beneath a gray sky, viewed through dark film borders. — Rough open sea seen from a passenger viewpoint, with dark waves and a cloudy horizon.

A rough sea fills the lower frame, with small whitecaps and a dim horizon in archival 8mm footage. — Churning water and whitecaps appear beneath a subdued sky in the rough-sea view.

The frame shows dark rolling waves and a cloudy horizon, with visible dust and edge shadows from the 8mm scan. — Dark rolling waves dominate the frame, with the horizon partly softened by age and exposure.

A passenger-view frame of rough open sea, showing blue wave crests, a pale sky, and the dark edges of scanned 8mm film. — Wave crests catch light across the open sea, framed by the dark edges of the original film.

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