Persian Gulf-1947: View Of Blue Ocean Water Waves On A Clear Day

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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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View Of Blue Ocean Water Waves On A Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a view from a ship navigating the Persian Gulf. The camera looks out over a vast expanse of deep blue ocean water, with choppy waves and whitecaps indicating windy conditions. The deck of the vessel is visible in the foreground, featuring ropes, rigging, and a winch, all slightly blurred by motion. The sky is overcast with soft, diffused light, and the film exhibits natural grain, scratches, and slight color fading typical of mid-century amateur footage. This archival clip evokes a sense of maritime travel and historical adventure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124759597

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 real home-movie footage of open water from a ship in the Persian Gulf.
Period detail: The shipboard rigging, deck hardware, and 8mm color stock may show mid-20th-century amateur travel filming rather than a staged production view.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged viewpoint of a passenger or traveler looking over the deck toward choppy sea during a voyage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue open water, whitecaps, cloudy sky, ship deck edges, ropes, rigging lines, vertical posts, and rounded deck hardware.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, and minor surface marks that give the sea view clear archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a maritime insert, travel transition, shipboard cutaway, or memory beat between broader voyage scenes.
Historical context: The view documents ocean travel from a vessel, with no visible passengers, port structures, landmarks, or named ship details in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright status and any vessel or voyage identification should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s 8mm Persian Gulf shipboard ocean waves, vintage home movie sea travel, and choppy blue water from a vessel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1947 Persian Gulf shipboard material, then with broader vintage ocean travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 8mm shipboard view over blue Persian Gulf water, with whitecaps, rigging, and deck hardware visible near the frame edges. — Shipboard view across choppy blue water with rigging and deck equipment in front.

Shipboard 8mm view across rough blue water in the Persian Gulf, with ropes, posts, and rounded deck fittings along the foreground. — Open water and whitecaps seen past ship rigging during a voyage.

Blue ocean and whitecaps fill the frame, with partial ship rigging and a vertical deck structure visible at the edges. — Rolling sea and horizon viewed from the side of a ship.

Choppy blue Persian Gulf water seen from a vessel, with foreground rigging, ropes, and rounded deck hardware softened by handheld 8mm filming. — Choppy sea and ship deck hardware in a handheld travel-film view.

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