Calcutta India-1946: Blooming Red Flower and Pink Crane Bird Walking on a Sunny Day

$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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Blooming Red Flower and Pink Crane Bird Walking on a... — Clip Details

A vibrant 8mm home movie from Calcutta, India, in 1946 captures a close-up of a blooming red flower with lush green leaves, followed by a pink crane bird walking near a water bowl on a sunny day. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color saturation, and a nostalgic, archival quality, offering a glimpse into mid-20th century nature and wildlife in India.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124755130

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 requests needing 1940s color 8mm nature or zoo-style wildlife cutaways from Calcutta, India, for documentary, education, or archive-led edits.
Period detail: The frames show color 8mm home-movie material with saturated flower detail and a captive-looking bird area, while the 1946 Calcutta setting is supported by clip metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie feel, lingering on a red flower and then a pink bird walking near a bowl without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red clustered flower, glossy green leaves, a pink long-legged bird, a shallow water bowl, paved ground, sunlight, shadows, and film frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries mid-century 8mm texture through soft focus, warm color saturation, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame borders.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief nature insert, travel-memory cutaway, garden-to-wildlife transition, or quiet visual beat within a 1940s India sequence.
Historical context: The imagery suggests private travel or amateur nature filming in Calcutta, showing close attention to plants and captive wildlife rather than public events or urban landmarks.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, source ownership, and any location or animal-facility permissions should still be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1946 Calcutta 8mm nature footage, India home movie flower close-up, pink bird walking, vintage color wildlife cutaway, and garden travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1946 Calcutta material, and finally with vintage India nature, garden, or bird footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Red tropical-looking flower fills the frame with glossy green leaves in 1946 Calcutta home-movie footage. — Close-up of a red clustered flower among dark green leaves.

A red flowering cluster remains in close-up, with leaves and soft 8mm color texture visible in the Calcutta clip. — Red flower detail held in close-up with green foliage behind it.

Pink long-legged bird stands near a shallow bowl on paved ground in 1946 Calcutta home-movie footage. — Pink bird paused beside a round water bowl on sunlit pavement.

A pink long-legged bird walks past a shallow bowl, casting a shadow in the 1946 Calcutta footage. — Pink bird steps across the pavement near a shallow round bowl.

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