India-1974: Tourists Ride Elephant Through Busy Street With Buses And Cars

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationIndia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1974 in India

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Tourists Ride Elephant Through Busy Street With Buses... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1974, this vintage footage captures tourists riding an elaborately draped elephant through a bustling Indian street. Passengers in traditional and casual attire sit atop the animal as it moves past vintage buses and a classic white sedan. The scene unfolds in a sun-drenched urban setting with colonial-style buildings and local pedestrians, offering a candid glimpse into mid-70s travel and daily life in India. The film's warm color palette and natural grain enhance its nostalgic, archival quality.

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: 124447310

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1974 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: India 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 1970s India travel, tourism, urban street life, and documentary sequences needing visitor-shot footage of an elephant ride in traffic.
Period detail: The clip shows 1970s-era buses, a light-colored sedan, sunlit masonry streets, and tourist clothing that support the supplied 1974 India dating.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the candid feel of a traveler filming from above or across the street as the elephant passes buses, pedestrians, and other visitors.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a decorated elephant, seated riders, street pedestrians, buses, a white sedan, stone paving, building facades, and a fort-like structure.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows warm color, visible grain, slight softness, high daylight exposure, and handheld framing typical of home-movie travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, travel transition, street-life cutaway, or memory beat within a sequence about visiting India in the 1970s.
Historical context: The scene places tourist elephant riding directly within an everyday urban street setting, with public transport, cars, and pedestrians sharing the road.
Research note: People and vehicle markings are visible, so likeness, trademark, and contextual review may be needed separately from any footage copyright assessment.
Research search match: Research matches include 1974 India 8mm travel footage, elephant ride in Indian street, tourist home movie India, and 1970s buses and pedestrians.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel India travel material, then with 1974 India city or landmark footage, then with broader 1970s tourism and street-transport scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 India 8mm frame showing tourists riding a draped elephant through a busy street with a white sedan, bus, and pedestrians nearby. — Tourists ride a decorated elephant past traffic and pedestrians on a sunlit street.

1974 India travel frame with an elephant and riders passing buses, a pale building wall, and pedestrians in daylight. — The elephant moves through a bus area while pedestrians watch or pass by.

1974 India 8mm frame looking down on a decorated elephant carrying riders near buses and pedestrians on a paved street. — A front view catches the elephant and riders moving past buses and walkers.

1974 India travel frame showing a large fort-like building on a hillside, with arched structures, trees, and a road below. — The view shifts to a large historic-looking hillside structure above a road and trees.

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