India-1974: Women Performing Traditional Dance on Stage

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationIndia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1974 in India

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Women Performing Traditional Dance on Stage — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1974, this vintage footage captures a traditional Indian dance performance by women on stage. Dressed in matching yellow patterned blouses and checkered sarongs, the dancers move in synchronized formations under warm stage lighting. Their graceful arm gestures and coordinated steps reflect a cultural performance, likely from a home movie or community event. The grainy, nostalgic quality of the Super 8 film enhances the authentic, archival feel of this historical moment.

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: 124448385

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

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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 archival requests needing brief cultural performance footage for documentary, education, museum, or memory-sequence use.
Period detail: The 8mm material may show a 1974 stage program, with matching yellow blouses, checkered lower garments, handheld framing, and warm theatrical lighting as visible era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a visitor-shot view of women dancing in coordinated formation, with the camera observing from the audience rather than from a formal production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include women performers, yellow stage costumes, checkered sarongs, hand-held sticks, a plain backdrop, warm stage light, dark film borders, and synchronized arm gestures.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, warm color shift, soft focus, exposure variation, and contact-sheet edge artifacts that support its physical home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cultural performance cutaway, transition beat, or period memory fragment within a sequence about travel, community events, or dance.
Historical context: The frames show a staged traditional dance performance by women in India, but the specific dance form, venue, and occasion are not identifiable from the available stills.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and performer identification review may be needed; no logos, brands, private property, children, or audible music are indicated in the metadata.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1974 India 8mm dance performance, women on stage home movie, traditional Indian dance archive footage, and vintage cultural performance film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1974 India footage, then with related stage performance, dance, travel, or community-event archive material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 India 8mm frame showing women in yellow stage costumes during a traditional dance performance, viewed from the audience. — Women perform coordinated dance movements on a plain stage under warm light.

1974 India 8mm frame with women in matching yellow and checkered costumes moving in formation on stage. — Dancers extend their arms while moving across a plain performance stage.

1974 India 8mm frame showing three women in yellow stage outfits holding sticks during a dance performance. — Three performers pause or step in formation with short sticks held at their sides.

1974 India 8mm frame showing women dancers with sticks in a staged traditional performance, framed by dark film edges. — Women continue the stage dance with sticks and coordinated hand positions.

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