Calcutta India-1946: Two Monkeys at the Zoo, One Chews an Object

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationCalcutta, India
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Calcutta India

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Two Monkeys at the Zoo, One Chews an Object — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures two small monkeys at a zoo in Calcutta, India. One monkey sits in the foreground, intently chewing on a small object, while another watches nearby. The footage shows natural behavior in a sun-dappled enclosure with a textured concrete floor, exhibiting the characteristic grain, color fading, and soft focus of mid-century amateur film. The scene offers a candid glimpse into animal life in a colonial-era Indian zoo.

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: 124755020

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 1725 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: reel 1
Reel-level year note: 1946
Reel-level location note: india
Date: 1946 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Calcutta, India Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s editorial or documentary requests needing brief home-movie zoo footage of small monkeys in Calcutta, India.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-century zoo enclosure with a plain textured floor, soft color, and amateur 8mm framing consistent with the 1946 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged visitor-shot feel, observing two monkeys as one handles or chews a small object while the other remains nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two small monkeys, a pale textured concrete floor, dark film gate borders, soft shadows, a small object near the mouth, and faded color.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and slight color fading that give the scene physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, animal behavior insert, zoo transition, or quiet observational beat in a period travel sequence.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for animal display and visitor observation in a Calcutta zoo setting without identifying the specific institution from the frames alone.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright status and any zoo or animal-use permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 8mm Calcutta zoo monkeys, vintage India home movie animal footage, and small monkey chewing object cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1946 Calcutta material, then related vintage zoo or animal behavior scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Calcutta zoo footage showing a small monkey seated in soft focus on a pale textured enclosure floor. — A small monkey sits in the enclosure, partly shadowed by the 8mm frame edge.

A small monkey faces the camera in the 1946 Calcutta zoo clip, with soft focus and dark 8mm frame edges. — The monkey faces forward on the textured floor, framed by dark film borders.

Two small monkeys sit together in the Calcutta zoo footage as one holds and chews a small object. — One monkey chews a small object while another sits close beside it.

Two small monkeys overlap in the frame on a textured floor, seen through faded 8mm home-movie color. — The monkeys shift close together near the edge of the frame.

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