Persian Gulf-1947: Large Ship Navigating Rough Blue Waves In Open Sea

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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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Large Ship Navigating Rough Blue Waves In Open Sea — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a large ship navigating rough seas in the Persian Gulf. The deck is visible with railings, ropes, and cylindrical equipment as the vessel cuts through deep blue waves under an overcast sky. The footage shows the ship moving steadily through turbulent water, with whitecaps forming on the open ocean. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic frame edges of Super 8 footage, offering a raw, authentic glimpse of mid-century maritime travel and naval transport.

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: 124759699

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: 1940s 8mm maritime footage for productions needing an archival open-sea ship passage, rough-water travel insert, or mid-century transport cutaway.
Period detail: The visible deck fittings, rigging, railings, and film stock character may show mid-century shipboard travel, with the 1947 date supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera looks from aboard the vessel toward the bow and surrounding water, giving an unstaged passenger or crew perspective during rough seas.
What appears in frame: Visible details include the ship bow, mast and rigging, railings, deck gear, cylindrical fittings, dark blue waves, whitecaps, and an overcast horizon.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color fading, gate edges, dust marks, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a short insert, transition, or atmospheric cutaway for sea travel, maritime transport, or a memory beat of a voyage.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a vessel moving through choppy open water, offering maritime context without identifying the ship, route, or exact location from the frames alone.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, collection rights, and any vessel identification should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1940s 8mm ship at sea, vintage home movie rough ocean, mid-century maritime travel, and Persian Gulf ship footage if relying on clip metadata.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then with other 1947 Persian Gulf material if verified, then with broader rough-sea shipboard footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 8mm frame of a ship moving through rough open water, with bow railings, deck fittings, rigging, and whitecaps visible. — Ship bow and deck gear face into choppy blue water.

Shipboard view across the bow toward rough blue waves, with railings, rigging, and deck equipment partly obscured by film-frame edges. — Forward deck view as the vessel cuts through rough water.

8mm frame showing rough open water and part of the vessel's deck, with rigging and a vertical deck structure at the edge of the shot. — Rough sea passes beside the ship with deck details at frame edge.

View along the ship's forward deck with mast, rigging, railings, and a vent-like fitting as rough blue water surrounds the bow. — Mast, rigging, and bow equipment appear against the open sea.

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