India-1974: Sunset over Coastal Port and Colonial Building

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationIndia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1974 in India

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Sunset over Coastal Port and Colonial Building — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1974, this vintage home movie captures a golden sunset over a coastal port in India. The sun glows low on the horizon, casting warm orange and yellow light across the water and silhouetting industrial structures and ships. The camera pans slowly to the right, revealing a grand colonial-era building with a spire, surrounded by palm trees and lush greenery. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight lens flare, and a nostalgic, warm color palette, evoking a sense of quiet reflection and historical charm. Ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring India's past.

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: 124448257

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: 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: 1970s India home-movie footage for requests needing a coastal sunset, harbor atmosphere, and a brief visitor pan to historic architecture.
Period detail: The frames may show 1974 travel-era India through 8mm color stock, harbor silhouettes, waterfront structures, palms, and a large spired building.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, moving from a scenic sunset over water toward a landmark-like building framed by trees.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a low sun, reflective coastal water, dark harbor structures, ships or boats, palm trees, dense greenery, and a spired historic building.
Film character: Warm 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, light flare, and handheld panning give the footage an authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short transition, travel-memory beat, coastal establishing insert, or visual bridge from port activity to architecture.
Historical context: The footage suggests leisure travel or observational filming in coastal India without making claims about the building's identity or use.
Research note: Human review should consider possible distant people or silhouettes and unidentified architecture; copyright, likeness, and property issues remain separate checks.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1970s India 8mm coastal sunset, Indian harbor home movie, vintage travel footage palm trees, and spired building pan.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with India 1974 travel footage, and then with coastal sunset, harbor, or historic architecture themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 India 8mm frame showing a low golden sun over coastal water, with silhouetted port structures and a dark foreground edge. — Sunset glows over a coastal port with structures in silhouette.

1974 India home-movie frame with sunset light on the water and shadowed harbor structures along the shoreline. — The camera holds on the sunlit water and dark port skyline.

1974 India 8mm frame showing a coastal channel at sunset, with port silhouettes and a dark structure at the right edge. — A warm sunset reflects across the water as the pan continues.

1974 India travel frame showing a large spired historic building partly obscured by palm trees and dense greenery. — The pan ends on a spired building framed by palms and trees.

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