Manilla Philippines--194: Old Historic Building with Tiled Roof

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

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Manilla Philippines--194: Old Historic Building with... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this vintage home movie captures a weathered wooden building with a traditional tiled roof under a clear blue sky. Overhead power lines and a utility pole frame the scene, evoking a quiet, everyday moment in Manila, Philippines. The footage transitions to a title card reading 'KAUAI' in bold letters, suggesting a possible mislabeled or mixed archive. The grainy, color-bleached quality and film artifacts reflect the era's home movie aesthetic, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century life.

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: 125784602

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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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

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: Useful for 1940s archive requests needing a brief home-movie cutaway of an older urban building and a separate Kauai title-card fragment.
Period detail: The building shot may show mid-20th-century street fabric, with overhead utility lines, a wooden facade, and tiled roof visible in aged 8mm color.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a casual street-level vantage, then cuts to a simple typed title card, suggesting personal travel-reel organization rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a weathered wooden building, tiled roofline, utility pole, overhead wires, blue sky, dark film borders, and green Kauai title cards.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, heavy grain, gate edges, exposure variation, and contact-print artifacts that mark it as scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short location insert, an archival transition, or a memory beat signaling a reel change or possible catalog mismatch.
Historical context: The visible material gives everyday architectural and travel-reel context but does not by itself confirm a specific Manila landmark or Kauai location.
Research note: Rights review should note possible visible people per source flag, the readable Kauai title text, and the need to separate copyright from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1940s 8mm home movie, old wooden building with tiled roof, Manila archive footage, and Kauai title card fragment.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with verified Manila 1944 or Kauai title-card material, then with broader Pacific travel home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940s 8mm frame, cataloged as Manila, showing a weathered wooden building with a tiled roof, utility pole, and overhead wires. — Street-level view of an older wooden building beneath overhead utility lines.

A green 8mm title card reads KAUAI, suggesting a reel title or transition rather than the building view. — Green title card reading KAUAI within the film frame.

A second green 8mm title-card frame shows KAUAI in dark lettering with visible grain and gate edges. — Kauai title card continues with soft focus and visible film texture.

The final 8mm frame holds on the green KAUAI title card, with scratches, grain, and uneven exposure visible. — Final title-card frame reading KAUAI with prominent film wear.

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