Persian Gulf-1947: Ship Journey On Rough Blue Seas

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Year1947
Decade1940s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Ship Journey On Rough Blue Seas — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic journey across the Persian Gulf. Viewed from the deck of a ship, the footage shows turbulent blue waters and white-capped waves under a cloudy sky. Ropes, railings, and ship equipment are visible in the foreground, with the vessel navigating rough seas. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 footage evokes a sense of historical adventure and maritime endurance. This archival clip offers authentic, unscripted footage of mid-century seafaring life.

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: 124759576

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 1940s maritime travel requests needing authentic 8mm deck-view footage of a ship moving through rough blue water.
Period detail: The visible ship railings, rigging, deck fittings, and soft color 8mm look may show mid-century passenger or working-ship travel, with the Persian Gulf context supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds an unstaged passenger viewpoint from the deck, emphasizing weather, motion, and the experience of crossing open water rather than a formal ship portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include choppy blue sea, white-capped waves, cloudy sky, deck railings, rigging lines, a mast or support post, and rounded ship equipment.
Film character: The footage has a handheld 8mm character with gate edges, grain, slight blur, color fading, and uneven exposure that support its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime insert, journey transition, rough-seas cutaway, or atmospheric beat within a mid-century travel sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents shipboard travel in open water, with no visible people, landmarks, or readable identifiers to confirm vessel type or exact route from the frames alone.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible in these frames, but copyright, vessel identification, and broader property or location context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s 8mm ship journey, Persian Gulf rough seas home movie, deck view ocean crossing, and vintage maritime travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then clips sharing the Persian Gulf or 1947 metadata, and finally other rough-sea shipboard travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 8mm deck view of a ship at sea, with rigging and dark railings framing rough blue water and clouds. — Rough water seen from a ship deck, with rigging and railings in the foreground.

Deck-side view across choppy water, with ropes, railings, and ship equipment visible in the foreground. — Shipboard equipment and railings frame a view of rough open water.

1947 8mm frame showing a ship deck edge, rigging, and hardware as the vessel moves through white-capped water. — Ropes and ship fittings appear in front of a white-capped sea.

Shipboard 8mm view of rough blue water, foreground rigging, and rounded equipment on deck. — The ship passes through rough water with deck fittings visible in the foreground.

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