Persian Gulf-1947: Beautiful View Of The Blue Water Of The Ocean With No Land In

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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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Beautiful View Of The Blue Water Of The Ocean With No... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic view from a ship sailing across the Persian Gulf. The deep blue ocean stretches to the horizon under a cloudy sky, with whitecaps forming on the waves. The bow of the vessel is visible in the lower left, and the footage shows natural film grain, slight flicker, and subtle scratches, characteristic of archival Super 8 footage. The perspective suggests a steady forward motion, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-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: 124759634

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: Archival 1940s maritime travel footage for productions needing an open-sea cutaway, voyage insert, or Persian Gulf transit atmosphere from home-movie material.
Period detail: The shipboard viewpoint, 8mm source, and dated metadata place the clip in the late 1940s, though no visible landmark or vessel identification confirms location.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from a passenger-like position near the bow, valuing the motion of the sea and horizon rather than a staged subject.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark ship bow, rigging lines, deep blue water, whitecaps, a level horizon, cloud cover, and black film gate edges.
Film character: The footage carries soft focus, visible grain, muted color, flicker, scratches, and gate framing consistent with scanned mid-century 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a voyage transition, sea-travel insert, atmospheric cutaway, or reflective memory beat between travel or regional sequences.
Historical context: The view may show mid-century civilian sea travel across the Persian Gulf, but the frames only confirm open water, ship structure, sky, and archival film texture.
Research note: No people, logos, or identifiable private property are visible, but copyright status, collection permissions, and vessel/location identification should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1940s 8mm ship at sea, Persian Gulf home movie ocean view, vintage maritime travel footage, and blue water whitecaps.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1947 Persian Gulf material if verified, then with broader shipboard travel or open-ocean archive footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 8mm shipboard view over blue water, with bow structure, rigging lines, whitecaps, and cloudy horizon visible. — A shipboard view frames the bow against choppy blue water and a cloudy horizon.

Shipboard 8mm frame looking across deep blue water and whitecaps, with part of the bow and rigging at the left edge. — The camera looks past the ship bow toward whitecaps on the open sea.

A steady 1947 shipboard view shows blue sea, scattered whitecaps, low bow structure, and cloudy sky within dark 8mm frame edges. — The vessel’s bow remains low in frame as waves break across the blue water.

The final frame looks from the ship toward choppy blue water, a cloudy horizon, rigging, bow structure, and a bright wave at lower right. — A bright wave rises at the lower right as the ship continues over choppy water.

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