Persian Gulf-1947: Cargo Ship Battles Rough Seas In Stormy Weather

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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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Cargo Ship Battles Rough Seas In Stormy Weather — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this archival footage captures a cargo ship navigating rough seas in the Persian Gulf. Viewed from a cabin window, the deck and cargo boxes rock violently as the vessel battles turbulent waves under an overcast sky. The film shows natural grain, slight flicker, and authentic Super 8 color tones, conveying the raw, unfiltered experience of mid-century maritime travel. This authentic home movie offers a rare glimpse into commercial shipping during the post-war era.

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: 124759566

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, shipping, storm-at-sea, or postwar travel sequences needing brief real 8mm home-movie footage from aboard a cargo vessel.
Period detail: The frame may show mid-century shipboard details, including a cabin-window viewpoint, dark deck structure, rigging lines, and cargo or deck boxes against open water.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged value comes from a passenger or crew-level view through a window as the ship rolls in rough water, rather than a composed newsreel angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a cabin-window frame, diagonal rigging or stays, a dark deck structure, cargo-like boxes, choppy blue water, whitecaps, and an overcast sky.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, slight flicker, muted color, and exposure shifts that support its home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a storm-at-sea insert, voyage transition, shipboard cutaway, or tense travel memory beat in a maritime sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a rough open-water passage from aboard a working vessel, with no visible people, ports, flags, or identifying marks in these frames.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, vessel identification, and location claims should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1940s 8mm cargo ship rough seas, Persian Gulf home movie shipboard storm, and vintage maritime deck through window.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with confirmed 1947 Persian Gulf or shipboard material, and then with broader rough-sea maritime scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 8mm shipboard view through a cabin window, showing diagonal rigging, a dark deck structure, and rough sea under clouded sky. — Shipboard window view with rigging and rough water beyond the deck.

Shipboard 8mm frame looking past dark deck equipment and rigging toward rolling open water in stormy weather. — Deck structure and rigging silhouetted against choppy sea and overcast sky.

8mm home-movie view from inside or beside a ship window, with deck structure in shadow and rough sea visible beyond. — Dark deck structure in the foreground as the ship faces rough open water.

Archival 8mm frame from a cargo ship in rough weather, with rigging crossing the view and whitecaps visible beyond the deck. — Rigging cuts across a rough-sea view from aboard the vessel.

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