Calcutta India-1946: Red Hibiscus Flower in Bloom

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

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Red Hibiscus Flower in Bloom — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a vibrant red hibiscus flower in full bloom against lush green foliage, with a deep blue sky visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—soft focus, warm color saturation, and subtle grain—evoking a nostalgic, sun-drenched atmosphere. The camera remains steady, focusing on the delicate petals and surrounding leaves, creating a serene moment of natural beauty from mid-20th century Calcutta, India.

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: 124755116

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 India nature cutaways, botanical inserts, or quiet home-movie atmosphere in documentary and museum productions.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm color home-movie views of a red hibiscus and foliage, with the 1946 Calcutta setting supported by clip metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers on garden detail from an informal observer's viewpoint, valuing color, sunlight, and plant texture over staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red hibiscus bloom, glossy green leaves, tree branches, blue sky, strong sunlight, dark shadows, and rounded film-frame edges.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm focus, saturated red and blue color, uneven exposure, light grain, and slight registration feel consistent with mid-century amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a botanical insert, location atmosphere cutaway, memory beat, or gentle transition within travel, family, or colonial-era archive sequences.
Historical context: The footage offers a small domestic or garden view from Calcutta in 1946, showing everyday attention to tropical flowering plants without broader social claims.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any collection-specific licensing terms before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Calcutta home movie flower footage, 8mm hibiscus bloom, vintage India garden cutaway, and 1940s botanical archive footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Calcutta material, then broader vintage India garden, foliage, or home-movie nature clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Calcutta home-movie frame showing leafy tree branches silhouetted against saturated blue sky. — Leafy branches rise into a deep blue sky at the start of the garden shot.

Red hibiscus flower in bloom among glossy green leaves, from 1946 Calcutta home-movie footage. — A red hibiscus fills the frame amid sunlit leaves and deep garden shadows.

Close 8mm view of a red hibiscus bloom and surrounding foliage in Calcutta, India, 1946. — The hibiscus appears closer, with ruffled red petals framed by glossy leaves.

Centered red hibiscus bloom among dense leaves in 1946 Calcutta 8mm home-movie footage. — The final frame holds on the red hibiscus, bright against darker surrounding foliage.

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