Persian Gulf-1947: Boat Battling Heavy Waves In Stormy Sea

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Year1947
Decade1940s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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

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Boat Battling Heavy Waves In Stormy Sea — Clip Details

PERSIAN GULF-1947: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a boat battling rough seas under a bright, overcast sky. The vessel's bow cuts through turbulent, dark blue waves, creating white foam as it navigates the stormy waters. The footage, shot from the deck, shows the ship's railings and equipment, with a seagull briefly flying across the frame. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and scratches, evoking a sense of historical adventure and maritime resilience. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, and nostalgic content about mid-20th century seafaring.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124759411

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: Useful for 1940s maritime archive requests needing home-movie footage of a vessel moving through rough open water for documentary or educational production.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, shipboard viewpoint, and simple deck fittings may show mid-20th-century sea travel without enough visible detail to identify the vessel or location.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from a moving deck as the boat rises and cuts through heavy waves, giving the clip an unstaged passenger or crew perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the vessel side, deck edge, railings, mast structure, dark blue sea, breaking white foam, cloudy bright sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has a physical 8mm look with soft focus, handheld movement, visible grain, muted color, scratches, and contact-sheet frame separation.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a maritime cutaway, travel transition, storm-at-sea insert, or memory beat between broader seafaring sequences.
Historical context: The footage shows rough sea conditions from aboard a small or mid-sized vessel, offering visual context for mid-century water travel without identifying a specific route.
Research note: No faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, source ownership, vessel identification, and any location claims should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s 8mm boat footage, rough sea home movie, vintage ship deck waves, stormy ocean travel, and archival maritime cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with verified same-year or same-region maritime footage, then with broader rough-sea or shipboard travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940s 8mm frame from a moving vessel, with railings, deck edge, and churning open water visible under an overcast sky. — A vessel rides through rough open water as white spray breaks along the side.

Shipboard 8mm view of a vessel edge and mastwork beside rough dark-blue water, with heavy foam and clouds in the background. — The boat’s side stays in frame while the sea rolls heavily beyond it.

Vintage 8mm shipboard frame showing a partial vessel side, deck edge, railings, and foaming rough sea beneath a bright overcast sky. — Foam spreads across the water as the vessel continues through choppy seas.

8mm home-movie frame from aboard a vessel, showing the boat edge against large dark waves and white spray under clouded daylight. — The final frame holds on the vessel edge as waves break across the open water.

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