Persian Gulf-1947: A Large Shipping Vessel Is Rocking Back And Forth In The

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Year1947
Decade1940s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Large Shipping Vessel Is Rocking Back And Forth In The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this archival footage captures a large ship navigating rough seas in the Persian Gulf. The camera, positioned on deck, shows the vessel's bow cutting through turbulent waves under an overcast sky. The dark silhouette of the ship's superstructure contrasts with the churning ocean, conveying a sense of motion and isolation. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and edge damage typical of vintage home movies, offering a raw, authentic glimpse of mid-20th century maritime travel.

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: 124759546

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 maritime footage for productions needing a rough-sea shipboard insert, travel transition, or archival ocean passage atmosphere.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-20th-century shipboard travel, with a dark vessel superstructure, deck edge, and open sea visible through soft 8mm color exposure.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld deck viewpoint gives unstaged value through the camera's motion with the ship, emphasizing the physical experience of rough water rather than a composed scenic view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an overcast sky, rolling ocean, bow or deck edge, dark ship superstructure, railing shapes, spray or wake, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm archival texture through soft focus, grain, muted color, exposure variation, vertical wear marks, and strong handheld motion from the rocking vessel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or sensory insert to suggest sea travel, weather, isolation, or a voyage under difficult conditions.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for shipboard movement in rough open water, without identifiable passengers, port structures, markings, or landmarks in the sampled frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable vessel identifiers are visible in the frames, but users should still review copyright status and any source-reel documentation before reuse.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1940s 8mm ship at sea, Persian Gulf rough seas, vintage home movie ocean voyage, and deck view from rocking vessel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1947 Persian Gulf or shipboard material, then with broader archival ocean travel and rough-sea clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 8mm frame showing a deck-level view of a vessel moving through rough sea, with dark superstructure at right and cloudy sky above. — Deck-level view of a vessel rocking through rough water under a cloudy sky.

1947 8mm frame from a shipboard viewpoint, looking past the deck toward choppy water and a dark superstructure silhouette. — A shipboard view looks over choppy water as the vessel moves through rough seas.

1947 8mm frame emphasizing rolling open water, with the ship's dark side structure partly visible along the right edge. — Rolling sea fills the frame as the ship's structure slips along the right edge.

1947 8mm frame showing rough sea beyond the ship's dark superstructure, with soft focus and visible film wear. — The vessel's dark structure frames a view of rough water and a cloudy horizon.

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