Persian Gulf-1947: Traditional Dhow Sailing in the Ocean

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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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Traditional Dhow Sailing in the Ocean — Clip Details

PERSIAN GULF-1947: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a traditional dhow sailing across the calm waters of the Persian Gulf. The clip opens with a dramatic sunset, its warm orange and purple hues reflecting on the ocean surface before transitioning to daylight. The dhow, with its large white sail fully unfurled, glides peacefully through the blue sea under a clear sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—slight grain, soft focus, and natural color fading—evoking a sense of mid-century travel and maritime life. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into 1940s Gulf coast culture and seafaring traditions.

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: 124759757

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s archival requests needing a maritime Gulf travel insert, seafaring cutaway, or atmospheric home-movie transition.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-century Gulf sailing, with a traditional dhow-like vessel, lateen-style sail, open water, and color 8mm home-movie handling.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a distance rather than staging action, giving the clip the feel of a traveler watching a working or passing sailboat at sea.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a sunset horizon, open blue water, a white lateen-style sail, a small dark stern, distant figures aboard, and film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and exposure shifts give the scan a recognizable 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short maritime insert, location-establishing cutaway, reflective travel beat, or transition from sunset to daylight sea footage.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for small-boat sailing and sea travel in the Persian Gulf region without confirming the vessel's exact route, port, or ownership.
Research note: Distant people appear aboard, so likeness review may be limited but still relevant; no visible logos or private property are identifiable in these frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s 8mm Persian Gulf dhow footage, vintage sailing boat at sea, archival home movie ocean travel, and traditional sailboat cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1947 Persian Gulf material if verified, then broader vintage maritime, dhow, sailing, and ocean travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Color 8mm frame showing a sunset horizon over water, with warm orange light below purple clouds and dark film borders. — Sunset horizon over open water at the start of the clip.

Distant dhow-like sailing vessel on blue open water, with a large white lateen-style sail and small figures faintly visible aboard. — Dhow-like sailing boat moving across calm blue water.

Soft-focus 8mm frame of a dhow-like vessel with a raised white sail, seen broadside against blue water and a clear horizon. — Broadside view of the sailboat on the open sea.

Distant sailing vessel on open sea, its white sail catching light while the darker stern and faint onboard figures remain soft and indistinct. — Distant sailboat continues across the blue sea.

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