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Calcutta India-1946: A Large Elephant at the Zoo

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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A Large Elephant at the Zoo — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a large elephant at a zoo in Calcutta, India. The view is framed through a dark foreground obstruction, likely a fence or barrier, with the elephant’s massive body filling the frame. In the background, a metal fence, green trees, and grassy areas are visible under natural daylight. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight camera shake, conveying a nostalgic, archival feel. This clip offers authentic historical footage of wildlife in mid-20th century India.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Black & white
Resolution
4K restored master (MP4)
License
Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
124755087

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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Topics & Keywords

  • elephant
  • fence
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  • documentary style
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  • black and white film style
  • historical footage
  • 8mm home movie

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1940s documentary or museum edits needing real 8mm home-movie footage of an elephant at a zoo in Calcutta, India.
Period detail
The frames may show a mid-1940s zoo enclosure, with metal railings, planted grounds, and the elephant filmed from behind a dark visitor barrier.
Home-movie behavior
The clip carries an unstaged visitor viewpoint, with the camera peering through obstructions as the elephant stands close to the enclosure edge.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a large elephant, dark foreground bars or posts, metal fencing, paved or dirt ground, trees, grass, and patches of daylight.
Film character
The footage has dense 8mm grain, cool color shifts, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that underline its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a brief wildlife cutaway, zoo insert, travel-memory beat, or transitional glimpse within a sequence on India or animals.
Historical context
The scene provides visual context for public zoo viewing in Calcutta during the 1940s without identifying the exact institution or enclosure.
Research note
No people, children, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright status and any zoo property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1940s 8mm Calcutta zoo elephant footage, vintage India home movie wildlife, and archival elephant enclosure scenes.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Calcutta footage, then broader vintage zoo or elephant material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Calcutta zoo footage showing a large elephant partly hidden by dark foreground barriers and metal fencing in the background.
A large elephant is seen through dark barriers inside a zoo enclosure.
The elephant stands close to the camera view, largely blocked by dark vertical forms, with zoo fencing and ground visible behind.
The animal fills the frame while the camera looks through a dark obstruction.
A close, shadowed view of the elephant's side and leg appears through barriers, with a metal fence and foliage at the edge of frame.
The camera remains close to the elephant, with enclosure railings visible behind.
The elephant's head and trunk area are visible in shadow, framed by dark barriers with zoo fencing and trees beyond.
The elephant turns near the enclosure edge, partly hidden by the dark foreground.

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