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Persian Gulf-1947: A Large Boat Sails Through Choppier Waters And Bobs On The Waves

  • Year1947
  • Decade1940s
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
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A Large Boat Sails Through Choppier Waters And Bobs On... — Clip Details

PERSIAN GULF-1947: A vintage 8mm film clip captures a large ship sailing through choppy waters, its bow cutting through the waves under a cloudy sky. The deck features rigging, a mast, and a prominent white dome-shaped structure, likely a radar or communication device. The ocean appears deep blue with visible whitecaps, indicating moderate motion. Shot from the deck, the camera remains steady, offering a first-person perspective of the voyage. The film exhibits natural grain, color fading, and slight vignetting typical of mid-century home movies, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of maritime travel in the late 1940s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
124759668

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

  • ocean
  • boat
  • sea
  • calm
  • water
  • large
  • sails
  • bobs
  • calmly
  • waves
  • transportation
  • persian gulf
  • 1947
  • home video
  • video
  • 35mm
  • nostalgic
  • 1947 maritime footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Persian Gulf sailing
  • ship deck view
  • ocean waves 1940s
  • naval vessel 1947
  • retro home movie
  • archival sea footage
  • vintage boat travel
  • 1940s maritime history
  • classic 8mm film
  • old ship footage
  • wartime naval transport
  • vintage ocean voyage
  • historical ship footage
  • 1940s home video
  • maritime travel 1947
  • vintage sea journey
  • 8mm archival footage
  • old film maritime

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for archival requests needing 1940s maritime travel or shipboard Persian Gulf footage as an establishing insert, passage beat, or transportation cutaway.
Period detail
The visible deck rigging, mast, painted bow surfaces, and small-gauge color film texture may show mid-20th-century shipboard travel, with the 1947 Persian Gulf context supported by supplied metadata rather than identifiable landmarks.

Still Frames From This Clip

Forward deck view from a vessel in the Persian Gulf context supplied by metadata, with mast rigging, bow surfaces, and choppy blue water ahead.
Shipboard bow view over rough water.

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