Persian Gulf-1947: View Of Large Blue Ocean Waves On A Clear Day

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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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View Of Large Blue Ocean Waves On A Clear Day — Clip Details

PERSIAN GULF-1947: A dramatic view of large blue ocean waves crashing under a cloudy sky, captured on 8mm film. The footage shows turbulent seas from a moving vessel, with visible film grain and vintage coloration. The dark, stormy atmosphere contrasts with the deep blue water, creating a moody, immersive maritime scene. This authentic home movie captures the raw power of the open sea during a rough day at sea.

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: 124759464

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s maritime archive requests needing a brief open-water cutaway, sea-travel insert, or atmospheric transition from authentic 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The footage may show a 1947 sea passage, with era signaled mainly by the 8mm color stock, handheld framing, and contact-print texture rather than visible ships or landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes rough water from a moving vessel, preserving an unstaged traveler viewpoint rather than a composed scenic shot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rolling blue waves, a low horizon, cloudy sky, occasional whitecaps, dark frame edges, and vertical film-strip divisions.
Film character: Grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, blue-purple color shift, and gate-edge shadows give the clip a physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a stormy sea insert, voyage transition, environmental cutaway, or memory beat within a mid-century travel sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for mid-century ocean travel or open-water conditions without showing people, vessels, ports, or identifiable coastal features.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location or voyage attribution should be verified separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1940s 8mm ocean waves, Persian Gulf sea footage, rough water home movie, vintage maritime travel, and cloudy open sea.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots from the same voyage, then with other 1947 Persian Gulf material, then with broader vintage ocean and shipboard travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940s 8mm home-movie frame of rough open water beneath clouds, with dark gate edges and vertical frame division visible. — Rolling sea under a cloudy sky, seen through the edge of the 8mm frame.

Rough open sea with a broad swell and cloudy sky, captured on color 8mm footage from a likely moving vessel. — A large ocean swell rises across the frame beneath broken clouds.

A low horizon of rough blue water stretches under a pale cloudy sky, with dust and edge shadows from the 8mm film scan. — Low rolling waves fill the foreground under a muted sky.

Rough blue sea with small whitecaps and a cloudy horizon, showing visible grain and color shift from archival 8mm film. — Whitecaps break across a dark blue swell under a cloudy horizon.

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