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

$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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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

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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Topics & Keywords

  • ship
  • ocean
  • waves
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  • crashing
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  • Persian Gulf ocean view
  • vintage 8mm ship
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  • 8mm film grain
  • vintage boat ride
  • old footage
  • 1947 ocean journey

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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