Persian Gulf-1947: Vintage 8mm Film of Lighthouse on Rocky Island

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Year1947
Decade1940s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Vintage 8mm Film of Lighthouse on Rocky Island — Clip Details

PERSIAN GULF-1947: A vintage 8mm film clip captures a distant rocky island with a lighthouse perched atop its cliffs, viewed through a dark frame as if from a ship's porthole. The grainy, desaturated image shows calm sea waters under a hazy sky, with subtle camera movement suggesting a slow approach. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse of maritime history in the Persian Gulf, preserved in classic Super 8 style.

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: 124759784

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 archive requests needing an 8mm shipboard view of a rocky island and lighthouse in the Persian Gulf region.
Period detail: The footage may show a mid-20th-century navigation light or lighthouse on a rocky island, with the 1947 date supported by clip metadata rather than visible signage.
Home-movie behavior: The dark framing and slight handheld drift suggest a traveler or crew member filming from a vessel as the island remains distant across calm water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open sea, a hazy sky, a rocky island or sea stack, a small lighthouse-like structure, dark frame edges, and film gate borders.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, mild dust marks, uneven exposure, and gentle camera movement that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a maritime cutaway, voyage transition, geographic establishing insert, or reflective memory beat in a documentary sequence.
Historical context: The scene places a navigation structure within a sparse seascape, suggesting maritime travel or coastal observation without identifying a specific island.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but the exact site and any copyright or property considerations should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1947 8mm Persian Gulf island footage, vintage lighthouse at sea, rocky island home movie, and archival maritime travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then with confirmed 1947 Persian Gulf material, and finally with vintage maritime travel or lighthouse themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 8mm frame showing a distant rocky island or sea stack with a lighthouse-like structure above calm water in the Persian Gulf region. — A rocky island with a small navigation structure sits on the horizon across calm sea.

A distant rocky island with a lighthouse-like structure is seen through dark film borders, with open water in the foreground. — The island remains distant, partly softened by haze and film grain.

Vintage 8mm view of a low rocky island or sea stack with a small light structure, filmed from across blue-gray water. — A steady shipboard view holds on the rocky island and its small light structure.

The final frame holds a distant rocky island with a lighthouse-like structure near the horizon under a pale, hazy sky. — The clip ends with the island still far off across the water.

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