Persian Gulf-1947: Video Taken On A Ship Out In The Middle Of The Ocean With

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Year1947
Decade1940s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Video Taken On A Ship Out In The Middle Of The Ocean With — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a view from a ship's deck looking out over the Persian Gulf. The camera remains steady as the vessel rocks through choppy, blue-gray waves under an overcast sky. Silhouetted railings and structural elements frame the turbulent ocean, with visible film grain and scratches adding to the authentic archival quality. The footage evokes a sense of mid-century maritime travel and adventure.

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: 124759440

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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 maritime travel, Persian Gulf transit, or mid-century shipboard atmosphere in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The silhouetted deck railings and porthole-like ship structure may show mid-century passenger or working-vessel design, though no identifying marks are visible.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a passenger's steady home-movie view from shelter on deck as the ship moves through rough open water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark ship railings, vertical supports, a curved deck structure, choppy blue-gray waves, overcast sky, and film scratches.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, dense shadow areas, blue color shift, visible grain, gate weave, and surface marks typical of aged home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, voyage transition, weather insert, or memory beat between travel or ocean-related scenes.
Historical context: The footage gives a restrained view of shipboard travel in open Gulf waters, emphasizing sea conditions rather than people or port activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable vessel identifiers are visible, but copyright and any underlying vessel or location research should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1947 8mm ship deck footage, Persian Gulf home movie, rough ocean waves from vessel, and mid-century maritime travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1947 Persian Gulf or shipboard clips, then broader rough-sea and maritime travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 8mm shipboard view over choppy Persian Gulf water, with deck railings and vertical supports in silhouette. — Ship deck structure frames rough blue-gray water beyond the railings.

Shipboard 8mm frame looking past dark railings toward rough Persian Gulf water beneath a cloudy horizon. — A shadowed ship railing and structure sit against rough open water.

1947 8mm view from a ship deck, showing choppy Persian Gulf waves through silhouetted railings and supports. — Choppy water is seen through the ship's shadowed deck framework.

Home-movie frame from a ship looking out over blue-gray Persian Gulf water through dark deck railings. — The ship's railing cuts across a muted view of rolling water and sky.

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