Leyte Philippines-1944: Powered Landing Craft Passing Below an Elevated Camera

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Year1944
Decade1940s
LocationLeyte, Philippines
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1944 · Leyte, Philippines
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What is in this clip

Military transport
Maritime movement
Shipboard observation
Wartime logistics
Working vessels
Archival documentation

Shot type: medium
Camera: tracking · High oblique angle looking down onto the vessel
Setting: outdoor · Open water with a powered military landing craft; no shoreline visible
Time and weather: Daytime · Indeterminate · Indeterminate; sky outside the frame
Lighting: Natural daylight with bright highlights on disturbed water
People: 2 · At least two indistinct occupants are visible near the forward end of the open compartment; faces, ages and clothing details are unresolved.
Vehicles: Powered military landing craft
Objects: Forward deck · Open compartment · Hull sidewalls · Deck fittings · Bow wave · Stern wake
Colors: blue · purple · dark gray · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The landing craft is already underway beneath the elevated camera.
Occupants remain visible beside the forward deck and open compartment.
White bow water and a trailing stern wake emphasize the vessel's movement.
The camera continues following the craft as it approaches the frame edges.

Powered Landing Craft Passing Below an Elevated Camera — Clip Details

Likely Leyte, Philippines, circa 1944 home movie footage shows a powered landing craft moving across rippled water beneath an elevated camera. Its bow points toward the lower left, with white water curling around the front and a foamy wake trailing behind. At least two occupants are visible beside the open compartment and forward deck. One continuous shot follows the vessel, with soft detail and a pronounced blue-purple color cast.

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: 800003105

Rights & Clearance

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People visible: Yes
Minors 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: Leyte, 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: Supports documentary requests for circa 1944 Pacific military water transport through a short elevated view of a landing craft underway.
Period detail: The low military hull, exposed forward deck and open compartment are consistent with the supplied circa 1944 dating, but no readable markings identify the model or service.
Home-movie behavior: The elevated observer follows an everyday vessel movement while the occupants remain engaged aboard.
What appears in frame: The view contains a dark hull, forward deck, open compartment, at least two occupants, rippled water, a white bow wave and a trailing wake.
Film character: Soft detail, grain, a strong blue-purple cast, variable highlights and intermittent vertical marks characterize the projected small-gauge transfer.
Edit role: Works as a transport cutaway or a short bridge between wider anchorage views and closer shipboard activity.
Historical context: The vessel fits the military maritime activity of the surrounding passage, while the shot itself records transit without showing a landing or combat.
Research note: No faces or vessel markings are identifiable; copyright in the source film and any applicable likeness or property rights remain separate considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1944 color small-gauge landing craft footage, elevated military boat views and likely Leyte maritime transport.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the reel's busy military anchorage, signaling lamp and suspended cargo crates, then with likely Leyte material from circa 1944 or comparable water transport.

Still Frames From This Clip

Elevated view of a landing craft likely off Leyte, Philippines, circa 1944, showing its forward deck, open compartment and foaming bow wave. — The craft moves diagonally beneath the camera, exposing its deck and open compartment.
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A landing craft likely near Leyte, Philippines, circa 1944, passes below an elevated camera with occupants and a bright stern wake. — Occupants are visible near the forward end of the open compartment as the craft continues underway.
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Likely Leyte, Philippines, circa 1944: a landing craft fills the lower frame as white water curls around its bow and trails from its stern. — The high angle shows the hull outline and disturbed water surrounding the moving vessel.
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A powered craft likely off Leyte, Philippines, circa 1944, nears the frame edges while its occupants and open compartment remain visible. — The continuous elevated view follows the vessel toward the edges of the frame.
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