Manilla Philippines--1944: A Building Destroyed In An Accident And Demolished

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Year1944
Decade1940s
LocationManila, Philippines
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1944 Philippines

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Manilla Philippines--1944: A Building Destroyed In An... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this archival footage captures the aftermath of a catastrophic event in Manila, Philippines. The sequence shows a multi-story building reduced to a skeletal ruin, its windows shattered and roof collapsed. Debris litters the ground, and the structure's exposed framework stands against a pale sky. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain, color shifts, and edge distortion of vintage home movie film, conveying a somber, historical mood. This raw, unfiltered documentation offers a poignant glimpse into wartime destruction in the Philippines.

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: 125784545

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: 1944 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: Manila, Philippines Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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: 1940s Manila 8mm footage for productions needing concise visual evidence of wartime urban destruction or damaged buildings in the Philippines.
Period detail: The frames show a ruined multi-story masonry or concrete building, open window bays, collapsed roof framing and rubble, consistent with the supplied 1944 Manila metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage appears shot from street level by a handheld observer, with a brief passerby silhouette reinforcing its unstaged home-movie perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a gutted facade, empty window openings, exposed roof beams, adjoining building walls, rubble at street level, pale sky and film-edge borders.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, bluish color shift, soft focus, uneven exposure and gate-edge shadows that read as physical home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, transition or memory beat when establishing damaged urban Manila or civilian views of destruction.
Historical context: The visible scene documents a heavily damaged urban structure without proving the cause of destruction beyond the supplied archive description.
Research note: People are flagged visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1940s Manila 8mm ruins, Philippines damaged building home movie, and wartime urban destruction archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other 1944 Manila footage, then broader clips of damaged buildings and post-event urban rubble.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 Manila home-movie frame showing a damaged building facade, debris at street level and a silhouetted person near the lower edge. — A street-level view frames a gutted building and rubble, with a person silhouetted in front.

1944 Manila frame showing a multi-story structure with shattered openings, debris at the base and heavy 8mm edge shadowing. — The camera holds on the broken facade and debris below.

1944 Manila frame showing the upper portion of a wrecked multi-story building with roof beams exposed against a pale sky. — Exposed roof structure and open window bays dominate the damaged building view.

1944 Manila frame showing a damaged building crown, exposed roof grid, broken facade openings and nearby building wall. — The final frame emphasizes the collapsed roof framing and broken upper facade.

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