Calcutta India-1946: Muslim Praying On Ship Deck With Smoke Rising

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

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Muslim Praying On Ship Deck With Smoke Rising — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this archival footage captures a man in traditional white clothing and a white cap praying on a mat aboard a ship in Calcutta, India. The high-angle view shows the deck cluttered with ropes, cargo, and equipment, with smoke rising from a nearby furnace. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 home movie evokes a sense of historical authenticity and quiet devotion. This clip offers a rare glimpse into daily life and religious practice in mid-20th century India, suitable for documentaries, historical projects, and 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: 124755213

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: Supports requests for 1940s India shipboard life, religious practice, or Muslim prayer footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The 8mm view may show a mid-1940s ship deck in Calcutta, with loose ropes, cargo-like materials, deck fittings, and a man in white clothing praying on a mat.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the quiet, apparently unstaged observation of a person praying while ordinary ship activity and smoke continue around him.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a praying man in white, a small mat, ship-deck equipment, ropes or coiled lines, stacked materials, rail-like edges, and rising smoke.
Film character: Soft focus, muted color, grain, slight blur, and high-angle framing give the clip a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, contemplative insert, transition, or memory beat about travel, faith, or daily life in 1940s India.
Historical context: The footage places a visible act of Muslim prayer within a working ship-deck environment, without proving the vessel identity or the wider event around it.
Research note: A person is visible and the religious act is sensitive, so users should review likeness, cultural context, and copyright separately before publication.
Research search match: Useful search matches include Muslim prayer on ship deck, 1940s Calcutta 8mm footage, India home movie religion, and smoke rising on deck.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Calcutta or shipboard India footage, then broader clips of prayer, travel, and working decks.

Still Frames From This Clip

High-angle 1946 Calcutta ship-deck view with a man in white clothing on a prayer mat amid ropes, equipment, and smoke. — A man in white stands on a small mat on a ship deck as smoke rises beside deck equipment.

1946 Calcutta shipboard frame showing a man in white near a prayer mat, with ropes, cargo-like materials, and smoke visible on deck. — The man remains beside the mat while smoke drifts across the working deck area.

High-angle 8mm frame from 1946 Calcutta showing a man kneeling in prayer on a ship deck near smoke, ropes, and equipment. — The man kneels on the mat in prayer, framed by ropes, equipment, and drifting smoke.

1946 Calcutta ship-deck footage shows a man in white bowing low on a prayer mat amid ropes, deck gear, and smoke. — The man bows low on the mat during prayer, with shipboard equipment and smoke in the background.

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