Manilla Philippines--1944: Damaged Stone Building With Bullet Holes

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

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Manilla Philippines--1944: Damaged Stone Building With... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this archival footage captures a large, circular stone building in Manila, Philippines, showing significant war damage with shattered windows and bullet holes. The structure, resembling a school or public landmark, stands amidst a quiet, sunlit street with a lamppost in the foreground. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight camera shake, conveying a somber, historical mood from the World War II era. This raw, unfiltered home movie offers a poignant glimpse into the city's wartime condition.

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: 125784563

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

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s documentary or museum edits needing wartime Manila street views of a damaged public-looking stone building.
Period detail: The damaged masonry, shattered window openings, quiet street, and 8mm color home-movie texture support a mid-1940s Manila wartime setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from across the street with small handheld shifts, giving a visitor-shot record of a damaged urban landmark rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rounded stone facade, broken windows, bullet-like wall marks, front steps, a lamppost, trees, sidewalk, and empty street.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, exposure variation, frame-edge darkening, and gentle handheld instability typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a somber cutaway, location insert, or transitional memory beat for wartime damage and post-battle urban aftermath.
Historical context: The footage visually documents war-scarred architecture in Manila without showing people, vehicles, active combat, or identifiable signage in these frames.
Research note: No faces, logos, or music are indicated, but building identity, copyright status, and any location-based property concerns should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1940s Manila damaged building, World War II Philippines street footage, 8mm wartime architecture, and bullet holes stone facade.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1944 Manila footage, then broader WWII urban damage and archival street-view material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 Manila home-movie frame showing a damaged rounded stone building across a quiet street with trees, steps, and a lamppost. — A wide view frames the damaged stone building from across the street, with trees and a lamppost in front.

1944 Manila frame showing a closer view of a rounded stone facade with shattered window openings, pitted wall marks, steps, and a lamppost. — The camera moves closer to the rounded facade, emphasizing broken windows and damage marks on the wall.

1944 Manila home-movie frame of a damaged stone building facade, with broken vertical window openings, a lamppost, steps, and an empty street. — A steady cutaway shows the scarred facade, front steps, lamppost, and open street with no visible pedestrians.

1944 Manila frame showing the building entrance, rounded damaged window bay, lamppost, steps, and quiet street from an 8mm handheld viewpoint. — The final frame includes the entrance area and rounded window bay, with the lamppost centered near the damaged wall.

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