Persian Gulf-1947: Large Boat Navigating Rough Seas

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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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Large Boat Navigating Rough Seas — Clip Details

PERSIAN GULF-1947: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a large boat navigating rough seas, its bow cutting through turbulent waves under a cloudy sky. The footage, shot from the deck, shows the vessel rocking violently as it battles the stormy ocean. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, evoking a sense of raw, unfiltered maritime adventure. This authentic archival clip offers a dramatic glimpse into mid-20th century seafaring life, with the ship's structure and railings visible against the churning blue water. Ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or editorial projects exploring maritime history.

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: 124759417

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1940s maritime archive requests needing rough-sea vessel footage, deck-level travel material, or editorial cutaways for ocean transit sequences.
Period detail: The footage may show a mid-century working or passenger vessel, with deck railings, mast structure, and lifeboat-like fittings visible beside open water.
Home-movie behavior: The camera appears handheld from aboard the vessel, preserving an unstaged passenger or crew perspective as the boat pitches through heavy waves.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the ship's side, deck rail, mast structure, distant horizon, cloudy sky, whitecaps, wake, and dark blue choppy water.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, slight blur, and faded color that support its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime insert, storm-at-sea transition, travel cutaway, or memory beat within a mid-century ocean journey sequence.
Historical context: The clip provides visual context for small-gauge filming at sea, emphasizing lived experience aboard a vessel rather than a staged maritime scene.
Research note: People appear small and indistinct on the vessel, so likeness review may be needed; no visible logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s 8mm rough seas, Persian Gulf boat footage, vintage home movie ship deck, and archival vessel in waves.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with confirmed 1947 Persian Gulf material, then with broader rough-sea and maritime travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Deck-level view from a vessel cutting through rough seas, with railings, wake, whitecaps, and cloudy sky visible. — A vessel moves through choppy water with the ship's side and rail in the foreground.

Aboard-ship view of turbulent open water, with vessel structure at left and foamy wake trailing alongside. — The boat rocks through dark blue waves as white water breaks near the hull.

Handheld 8mm view from a vessel at sea, showing deck rail, mast structure, rough waves, and a cloudy horizon. — The camera looks past the ship's side toward a rolling sea and broken whitecaps.

The vessel's deck edge and rail pass through turbulent water, with white wake and distant waves under cloudy light. — Foam trails alongside the vessel as it pushes through uneven seas.

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