Persian Gulf-1947: Ship Cuts Through The Waves Of The Ocean Towards Its Destination

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Year1947
Decade1940s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Ship Cuts Through The Waves Of The Ocean Towards Its... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a ship cutting through rough ocean waves in the Persian Gulf. The footage shows turbulent blue water and whitecaps under a cloudy sky, with the ship's dark silhouette and deck structure visible on the right. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film scratches enhance its authentic mid-century archival quality. This raw, unedited clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of maritime travel during the post-war era, ideal for historical documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 124759523

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: Supports 1940s maritime or postwar travel requests needing home-movie footage of a vessel moving through rough open water.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show a mid-century shipboard view, with deck structure, railings, cloudy sky, and heavy sea visible from a passenger or crew vantage point.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged shipboard perspective, holding on the sea and vessel edge as the camera rides with the motion of the waves.
What appears in frame: Visible details include dark ship structure at frame right, railings, rolling blue water, whitecaps, a cloudy horizon, film grain, scratches, and slight exposure shifts.
Film character: The footage carries a soft 8mm look with visible grain, muted color, handheld movement, gate edges, and light surface wear from the original film element.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a maritime cutaway, travel transition, shipboard insert, or atmospheric beat for mid-century ocean passage.
Historical context: The imagery places the viewer aboard a moving vessel and conveys open-water travel without identifying a specific route, port, ship, or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable markings are visible, but copyright status and any vessel or property implications should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1940s 8mm ship at sea, Persian Gulf home movie waves, vintage ocean travel footage, and rough sea from ship deck.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with confirmed 1947 Persian Gulf or shipboard footage, then with broader vintage maritime travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 8mm shipboard view of choppy water and whitecaps, with a dark deck structure at right and clouds over the horizon. — Rough sea and cloudy horizon seen from beside the ship structure.

Shipboard 8mm frame showing rolling blue water, low clouds, and a dark vessel silhouette along the right side. — The ship moves past rolling waves under a clouded horizon.

1947 home-movie frame from a moving vessel, with railings, dark superstructure, choppy sea, and overcast sky visible. — Deck railings and ship structure frame the rough water beyond.

Shipboard view of larger rolling waves and whitecaps, with the vessel edge silhouetted against a cloudy horizon. — Larger swells rise beyond the ship's silhouetted deck edge.

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