Persian Gulf-1947: View Of Blue Ocean Water 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 Blue Ocean Water Waves On A Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures turbulent blue ocean waves under a cloudy sky. The footage, likely filmed from a moving vessel, shows churning water with whitecaps and visible film grain, scratches, and edge damage. The color palette is dominated by deep blues and grays, with a distinct vintage tint. This archival clip offers a raw, unfiltered view of the Persian Gulf's rough seas, evoking a sense of mid-century maritime travel and historical documentation.

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: 124759472

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: 1940s 8mm home-movie sea footage suited for documentary inserts about maritime travel, weather at sea, or archival ocean atmosphere.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-century shipboard filming, with no visible landmarks or vessels to confirm a more specific place from the frames alone.
Home-movie behavior: The camera appears to observe rough open water from a moving vessel, giving the clip an unstaged traveler or passenger viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark blue rolling waves, white foam, a pale cloudy sky, a low horizon line, gate edges, and film-frame separation bars.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm texture through soft focus, blue color shift, visible grain, scratches, edge shadowing, and slight frame instability.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, transition, sea-travel insert, weather beat, or atmospheric bridge between shipboard scenes.
Historical context: The clip provides visual context for open-water travel or observation in the 1940s without showing people, infrastructure, or identifiable coastline.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still verify copyright status and any location claims before publication.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1940s 8mm ocean waves, vintage home movie rough sea, blue water whitecaps, and Persian Gulf archival footage if supported by reel context.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with confirmed 1947 Persian Gulf material, and then with broader mid-century ocean or shipboard travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940s 8mm frame of rough blue open water with whitecaps, a low horizon, and visible film gate edges. — Rough blue sea and whitecaps fill the frame below a cloudy sky.

1940s 8mm frame showing churning open water, white foam near the horizon, and blue-tinted film color. — Whitecaps break across the distant surface of the choppy sea.

1940s 8mm frame of rolling blue sea with foam patches, soft exposure, and visible frame-edge artifacts. — Rolling open water shows scattered foam and strong blue film coloration.

1940s 8mm frame of rough open water under a pale sky, with white foam streaks and visible film wear. — A low horizon and rough blue water create a shipboard view of open sea.

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