Persian Gulf-1947: Flock Of Seabirds Feeding From Body Of Water Flying Around

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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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Flock Of Seabirds Feeding From Body Of Water Flying Around — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a flock of seabirds in flight over the Persian Gulf. White birds circle and dive over the choppy blue water, their wings spread as they feed. The footage shows natural movement and the grainy texture of old film, with slight camera shake and dark borders typical of Super 8 home recordings. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife behavior in a maritime setting.

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: 124759715

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 or natural-history edits needing brief home-movie footage of seabirds feeding over open Gulf water.
Period detail: The frames may show 1947 8mm home-movie material, with no visible landmarks or vessels to confirm a more specific location.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational, handheld view of birds circling and diving, suggesting a traveler or amateur filmer recording wildlife from nearby water or shore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include choppy blue-green water, scattered white seabirds, diving and circling flight, soft focus, dark film borders, and contact-sheet frame divisions.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows grain, soft exposure shifts, muted color, slight blur, and gate-edge darkness that support its physical-film archive character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife cutaway, maritime transition, travel-memory beat, or atmospheric insert within a Gulf or ocean sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents seabird feeding behavior over open water without visible human activity, infrastructure, or identifiable coastal context.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location-specific wildlife or collection rights should be checked.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s 8mm seabirds over water, Persian Gulf home movie wildlife, vintage flock feeding at sea, and archival birds in flight.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1947 Persian Gulf material, then broader maritime wildlife or seabird feeding footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

White seabirds circle above choppy Persian Gulf water in archival 1947 8mm home-movie footage. — A flock of white seabirds moves across dark blue water.

A flock of white seabirds spreads across blue-green Gulf water in soft, grainy 8mm footage. — Seabirds circle and bank over blue-green open water.

Distant seabirds appear low over gray-green Persian Gulf water in a muted 1947 home-movie frame. — A looser flock of birds moves over the water surface.

White seabirds cross rippled Gulf water near a dark 8mm frame edge, with soft archival color and grain. — Birds continue crossing over rippled water near the film edge.

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