Calcutta India-1946: View Of Two Ibis And A Scene Of A Palm Tree Against A

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

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View Of Two Ibis And A Scene Of A Palm Tree Against A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a serene scene from Calcutta, India. The clip opens with two pink ibis birds near a water basin, their long curved beaks and soft plumage clearly visible. The scene then transitions to a striking silhouette of a palm tree against a deep blue sky filled with puffy white clouds. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and authentic 1940s home movie quality, offering a nostalgic glimpse of tropical wildlife and landscape. Ideal for historical documentaries, archival projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 124755139

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 archival requests needing a brief Calcutta home-movie nature cutaway with tropical birds and skyward palm scenery.
Period detail: The visible material offers few date-specific clues, but the 8mm color and metadata support a 1946 home-movie context in Calcutta.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged travel-film quality, moving from observed wildlife to a casual upward view of a palm against clouds.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark palm silhouette, deep blue sky, bright cumulus clouds, film gate edges, dust marks, and soft exposure variation.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, slight fading, soft focus, frame-edge darkness, and small dust marks consistent with original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short tropical establishing insert, a memory transition, or a quiet visual cutaway within a 1940s India sequence.
Historical context: The palm and sky scene provides environmental texture for Calcutta travel footage without identifying a specific landmark or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any collection-specific licensing terms.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1946 Calcutta 8mm home movie, India tropical palm sky, vintage travel footage, and archival bird scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Calcutta material, then broader tropical wildlife or sky cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Calcutta home-movie frame showing a dark palm silhouette beside bright clouds in a deep blue sky. — A palm tree stands in silhouette against bright cloud formations.

1946 Calcutta 8mm frame with a palm tree silhouette, blue sky, large white clouds, and small film debris marks. — A palm silhouette sits below a large bank of white clouds.

Home-movie frame from the Calcutta clip showing a dark palm tree beneath soft white clouds and blue sky. — The camera holds on a palm tree and drifting cloud shapes.

1946 Calcutta 8mm frame with a silhouetted palm, bright cumulus clouds, blue sky, and minor film wear. — A silhouetted palm remains framed against blue sky and white clouds.

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