Manilla Philippines--194: Damaged Historic Building Ruins

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

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Manilla Philippines--194: Damaged Historic Building Ruins — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this archival footage captures the haunting ruins of a grand historic building in Manila, Philippines. The structure stands heavily damaged, its walls pockmarked and windows shattered, surrounded by a sea of rubble and debris. The film exhibits the characteristic grain and color shift of wartime Super 8 home movies, with a faded purple and sepia tone. A utility pole appears in the final frames, emphasizing the desolation. This powerful visual serves as a poignant reminder of the destruction during World War II.

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: 125784582

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: 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: Manilla, 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: 1940s 8mm footage for documentary or museum edits needing wartime-era Manila building destruction and urban ruin views.
Period detail: The frames may show a damaged historic building in Manila, with shattered openings, rubble piles, and a utility pole consistent with mid-1940s urban destruction.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, holding briefly on the ruined facade and nearby debris rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a damaged multi-story facade, dark window openings, broken masonry, rubble mounds, pale sky, a utility pole, and heavy frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, purple color shift, and handheld framing that preserve its physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat for wartime urban damage, aftermath, or archival place-setting.
Historical context: The footage visually documents severe damage to a large urban structure, but the frames alone do not identify the building or the exact event that caused it.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but researchers should verify copyright status, location identification, and any property-related concerns.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1940s 8mm Manila ruins, damaged historic building Philippines, wartime urban rubble, and home movie city destruction.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Manila 1944 material, then broader wartime urban ruins or damaged landmark footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 Manila home-movie frame showing a damaged historic building facade with dark window openings and rubble in front. — A damaged building rises above a mound of rubble in Manila.

1944 Manila frame showing the damaged corner of a large building, broken masonry, and debris piled along the foreground. — The camera shifts along the battered facade and surrounding debris.

1944 Manila home-movie frame showing a ruined facade, debris in the foreground, and a utility pole near the left edge. — A utility pole appears beside the rubble-strewn view of the damaged structure.

1944 Manila frame showing a rubble-strewn foreground, a utility pole, and the damaged edge of a large building at right. — Rubble fills the foreground as the damaged building slips toward the edge of frame.

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