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Persian Gulf-1947: A Ship Battling Rough Seas and Turbulent Waves

  • Year1947
  • Decade1940s
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
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A Ship Battling Rough Seas and Turbulent Waves — Clip Details

PERSIAN GULF-1947: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a ship battling rough seas, its bow cutting through turbulent waves under a cloudy sky. The footage, shot from the deck, shows the vessel's railing and structure silhouetted against churning blue water, with whitecaps and spray indicating strong currents. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and edge damage, evoking a sense of historical urgency and maritime adventure. This authentic archival clip offers a dramatic, immersive view of ocean travel in the late 1940s, ideal for documentaries, historical narratives, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
124759487

Rights & Clearance

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

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Date
1947 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Not recorded Unidentified (Insufficient evidence for a responsible conclusion.)
Location evidence
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Licensing route
Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Topics & Keywords

  • boat
  • ocean
  • sky
  • sailing
  • tides
  • top
  • high
  • tide
  • waves
  • transportation
  • persian gulf
  • 1947
  • 1947 maritime footage
  • Persian Gulf ship voyage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • rough ocean waves
  • sailing ship 1947
  • Super 8 home movie
  • naval journey
  • stormy sea footage
  • archival maritime clip
  • old film grain
  • 1940s transportation
  • sea travel 1947
  • vintage ocean footage
  • historical ship footage
  • 8mm film archive
  • maritime adventure
  • classic home movie
  • editorial use
  • documentary footage
  • retro naval scene

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1940s maritime archive requests needing rough-sea shipboard travel footage for documentary inserts, historical sequences, or atmospheric ocean transit scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Shipboard view of rough blue waves, whitecaps, railing, and dark deck structure under a cloudy sky.

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