Calcutta India-1946: Islamic Praying On Rooftop Amid War Ruins

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

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Islamic Praying On Rooftop Amid War Ruins — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures a man in a white robe and cap praying on a rooftop in Calcutta, India. The scene unfolds on a weathered, debris-strewn deck with scattered ropes and a smoking structure in the background. The man performs prostration on a small mat before rising to stand, his movements solemn and deliberate. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film enhances the historical authenticity, offering a rare glimpse into post-war daily life and religious practice in a war-torn urban environment.

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: 124755220

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: 1940s Calcutta home-movie footage suited to documentary or museum edits needing a brief rooftop Muslim prayer scene amid damaged urban surroundings.
Period detail: The white robe and cap, rooftop mat, scattered rope, weathered masonry and smoking structure may show postwar urban conditions in Calcutta.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes an individual prayer sequence from a distant rooftop vantage, preserving an unstaged private devotional action in public view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a praying man on a small mat, a standing man in white clothing, smoke, rubble, ropes, roof edges and worn rooftop structures.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, color fading, gate edges, grain and slight frame jitter that identify it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short insert, contemplative cutaway or memory beat linking religion, daily life and urban aftermath.
Historical context: The footage places Islamic prayer within a visibly damaged rooftop setting, suggesting everyday religious practice continuing in a strained urban environment.
Research note: People are visible and religious activity is shown, so likeness, cultural sensitivity and location context should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1940s Calcutta rooftop prayer, 8mm India Muslim worship, Islamic prostration home movie and postwar urban rooftop footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then with Calcutta 1946 street or rooftop footage, then with religion, daily life or ruins themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1946 Calcutta footage, a man prostrates on a small rooftop mat while another figure stands near smoke and debris. — A rooftop prayer scene with one man prostrating and another standing beside debris and smoke.

A white-clad figure stands on a damaged Calcutta rooftop as a man continues prostration on a mat nearby. — The prayer continues on the rooftop while smoke rises behind the weathered structure.

On the Calcutta rooftop, the standing figure remains beside the prayer mat while smoke drifts from the damaged background. — A distant home-movie view records the stillness of prayer amid rooftop debris.

The 1946 Calcutta clip ends with the prayer posture visible beside rooftop ropes, smoke and worn structures. — The final frame holds on the rooftop prayer with smoke and scattered materials in the background.

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