Manilla Philippines--1944: A Damaged Historical Building With Classical Columns And Bullet Holes

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

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Manilla Philippines--1944: A Damaged Historical Building... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this vintage footage captures a grand historical building in Manila, Philippines, featuring classical columns and a damaged facade with visible bullet holes. The structure, made of concrete and stone, stands in a quiet urban setting with sparse vegetation and a paved foreground. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic vignette of home movie footage, offering a poignant glimpse into post-war architecture and urban life in the Philippines.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125784560

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s editorial sequences needing visitor-shot Manila architecture with visible wartime damage on a formal civic-looking facade.
Period detail: The classical columns, stone or concrete facade, sparse street planting, and 8mm color home-movie texture support a mid-1940s urban Manila reading.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, holding on the damaged building from across a quiet paved foreground without staging or visible pedestrians.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large columned building, dark window openings, pocked masonry, a paved foreground, small shrubs, and heavy film-frame borders.
Film character: The scan shows soft 8mm focus, visible grain, mild color fading, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the physical home-movie character.
Edit role: Editors can use it as an establishing insert, aftermath cutaway, location bridge, or reflective memory beat in a Manila or World War II-era sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a damaged formal building in Manila, but the frames alone do not identify the structure or the exact cause of the facade marks.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are visible or noted, but users should separately assess copyright status and any property or landmark permissions needed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1944 Manila 8mm footage, damaged classical building, wartime Philippines architecture, bullet-marked facade, and archival home movie cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Manila 1944 footage, then broader damaged urban architecture or wartime aftermath material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 Manila home-movie frame showing a large classical columned building with damaged masonry and sparse planting in front. — A damaged columned facade is seen from across a quiet paved foreground.

1944 Manila frame of a large stone or concrete facade with tall columns, visible pockmarks, and low vegetation at street level. — The building's column row and damaged upper facade fill the frame.

1944 Manila 8mm frame showing the damaged lower and upper portions of a classical columned building behind a paved foreground. — A closer framing emphasizes the damaged masonry and repeated columns.

1944 Manila frame showing the same damaged columned building, with tree cover at the right edge and strong 8mm frame borders. — Trees and heavy film borders frame the damaged classical facade.

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