Persian Gulf-1947: Rough Seas During The Daylight Hours Rocking A Boat Back And

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Year1947
Decade1940s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Rough Seas During The Daylight Hours Rocking A Boat Back And — Clip Details

PERSIAN GULF-1947: A dramatic 8mm home movie captures a ship battling rough seas under a cloudy sky. The deck of the vessel is visible on the right, silhouetted against the churning ocean as waves crash and the boat rocks violently. The footage, shot in daylight, shows the raw power of the storm at sea, with visible film grain and scratches adding to its authentic vintage feel. This archival clip offers a visceral glimpse into mid-century maritime travel and the challenges of ocean navigation.

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: 124759529

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 archival requests needing 1940s home-movie maritime travel, rough ocean conditions, or shipboard atmosphere for documentary and editorial sequences.
Period detail: The footage may show a mid-century ship or boat deck filmed from onboard, with no visible signage, landmarks, or equipment details sufficient to confirm a precise location.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld viewpoint feels like a passenger or traveler recording the vessel's motion and the surrounding sea rather than a staged maritime scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark deck edge, rail-like structures, open ocean, a cloudy horizon, rolling waves, and heavy shadows from the ship.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, scratches, uneven exposure, and blue-purple color shift that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, transition, memory beat, or atmospheric insert for sea travel, rough weather, or uneasy passage by boat.
Historical context: The clip gives a close onboard view of travel at sea, emphasizing weather and vessel movement without showing crew, passengers, ports, or identifiable locations.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any vessel or location identification should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s 8mm rough seas, home movie ship deck, ocean waves from boat, Persian Gulf travel footage, and vintage maritime cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with confirmed 1947 or Persian Gulf material, then with broader rough-sea and shipboard travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940s 8mm home-movie frame showing rough open water, a cloudy horizon, and a shadowed ship deck along the right side. — Rough sea and cloudy sky seen from a shadowed ship deck.

Open sea under a cloudy sky, filmed from a moving vessel with the deck silhouetted along the right edge. — Rolling water and horizon viewed from the side of a vessel.

Shadowed ship structure and rail-like forms frame a rough ocean surface beneath low clouds. — A dark deck structure frames the rough water and cloudy sky.

Choppy open water and overcast sky seen from an onboard viewpoint, with the vessel's dark deck occupying the right side. — Choppy sea passes beside the dark edge of the vessel.

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