Calcutta India-1946: Monkeys Interacting With Food On Tiled Floor

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

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Monkeys Interacting With Food On Tiled Floor — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures two monkeys in Calcutta, India, interacting closely on a sun-dappled tiled floor. One monkey holds a small green object, possibly food, while the other watches intently, their dark fur contrasting with the bright, patterned ground. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and natural lighting, offering a candid glimpse of wildlife behavior from the mid-20th century. The scene feels intimate and observational, with the monkeys' subtle movements suggesting curiosity and social engagement.

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: 124755031

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s India archive requests needing brief wildlife or zoo-like animal behavior inserts from home-movie 8mm footage.
Period detail: The tiled floor, direct sun, and 8mm color home-movie texture may show a mid-1940s visitor-shot animal scene in Calcutta.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observational feel as the camera watches monkeys handle food or small objects at close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two monkeys, a possible third partial monkey, a green object, chewing or handling gestures, bright patterned tiles, and heavy frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries dense grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld instability consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, travel-memory insert, animal-behavior beat, or transition within 1940s India material.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for animal encounters recorded by a private traveler or family camera in Calcutta without identifying the exact site.
Research note: No people, brands, or readable signs are visible, but copyright, archive source permissions, and any location-property questions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Search matches include 1946 Calcutta monkey footage, 8mm India animal scene, vintage home movie monkeys eating, and 1940s wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Calcutta scenes, then broader vintage India animal or travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1946 Calcutta home-movie footage, two monkeys sit close together on sunlit patterned tiles, one partly shadowed. — Two monkeys sit close together on a sunlit tiled surface.

Two monkeys appear on a bright tiled floor in the Calcutta 1946 footage, with strong contrast and soft 8mm detail. — Monkeys sit on patterned tiles under strong sunlight and shadow.

A monkey appears to handle or eat a small object while another sits beside it in this 1946 Calcutta 8mm frame. — One monkey raises a small object while the other remains beside it.

The final frame shows two monkeys on sunlit tiles in Calcutta, with one appearing to chew or inspect a small item. — A monkey holds a small item near its mouth as another sits close by.

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