India-1974: Setting Sun over Ocean with Silhouetted Structures

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationIndia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1974 in India

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Setting Sun over Ocean with Silhouetted Structures — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1974, this vintage home movie captures a glowing orange sun setting over a calm ocean in India. The warm, hazy light creates a serene and nostalgic atmosphere, with the sun's reflection shimmering on the water's surface. Silhouetted industrial structures and a distant crane emerge from the mist, adding a subtle human element to the natural landscape. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a sense of timeless memory and peaceful contemplation.

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: 124448252

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: 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 archive requests needing a quiet coastal sunset insert, contemplative transition, or atmospheric home-movie establishing shot.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm-era color, heavy warm exposure, and distant waterfront structures, with no specific landmark or event identifiable.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the unstaged feel of a traveler or resident filming a sunset through or near a window, holding on the light and water rather than a planned scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an orange setting sun, hazy sky, calm water reflection, dark window or film borders, distant shoreline, cranes, and silhouetted industrial forms.
Film character: The clip carries dense 8mm grain, saturated orange color, soft focus, slight exposure bloom, and frame-edge artifacts that give it clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a calm cutaway, memory beat, end-of-day transition, or visual pause between India travel, coastline, or industrial waterfront material.
Historical context: The view places a natural sunset beside distant built structures, suggesting a coastal or harbor setting without identifying a specific city, site, or industry.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible, but copyright status and any location or property implications should be reviewed before final use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1974 8mm India sunset, Super 8 ocean sunset, vintage harbor silhouette, calm sea reflection, and home movie coastal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other India 1974 coastal footage, then broader 1970s travel sunsets or harbor atmosphere.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 8mm India frame showing an orange sun over hazy ocean water, partly framed by dark vertical edges. — The sun glows through haze above calm water, with strong dark borders at the sides.

1974 8mm India sunset view with the sun reflected on calm water and a low silhouetted shoreline at the bottom edge. — A bright sun and vertical reflection sit above a dark, distant waterfront line.

1974 8mm India frame showing a hazy orange sun, calm water reflection, and silhouetted waterfront structures with a crane. — The sun hangs over reflective water while cranes and shoreline structures appear in silhouette.

1974 8mm India sunset frame with the sun near the horizon, reflected on water behind dark cranes and waterfront forms. — A low sun reflects across the water behind silhouetted harbor-like structures.

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