Calcutta India-1946: Two Muslim Men Praying On Top Of Boat Facing Mecca

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

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Two Muslim Men Praying On Top Of Boat Facing Mecca — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this archival footage captures two Muslim men praying on the deck of a boat in Calcutta, India. Dressed in traditional white clothing and caps, one man kneels on a prayer mat while the other stands nearby, both facing Mecca in devotion. The deck is cluttered with ropes, cargo, and equipment, suggesting a working vessel. The film exhibits natural grain and color fading typical of vintage home movies, offering a rare glimpse into daily religious practice and maritime life in mid-20th century 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: 124755253

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: Useful for 1940s South Asia documentary edits needing a brief archival view of Muslim prayer aboard a working boat in Calcutta.
Period detail: The white caps, loose garments, deck cargo, ropes and 8mm color stock support a mid-1940s home-movie view of river or harbor life.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in an unstaged, distant observation of daily worship continuing amid ordinary workboat surroundings.
What appears in frame: Visible details include two men in white clothing, a prayer mat, deck rails, ropes, cargo bundles, tarps, hatch structures and scattered boat equipment.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, handheld framing and contact-print softness that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, religious-life cutaway, maritime transition or reflective beat within a broader Calcutta sequence.
Historical context: The scene places Islamic devotional practice within a working deck environment, suggesting everyday religious routine alongside river or harbor labor.
Research note: People are visible and the act of prayer is religiously sensitive, so likeness, cultural context and editorial use should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1946 Calcutta 8mm footage, Muslim men praying on boat, India home movie prayer, and South Asian maritime religious life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Calcutta boat scenes, then other 1946 Calcutta material, then broader India religious practice or harbor-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1946 Calcutta footage, two Muslim men appear on a cluttered boat deck as one kneels on a prayer mat and the other stands beside him. — Two men on a boat deck during prayer, with ropes and deck equipment around them.

The Calcutta boat deck scene shows one man kneeling in prayer on a mat as another man in white stands nearby among ropes and cargo. — One man kneels on the mat while the other stands on the working deck.

In the 1946 Calcutta home-movie frame, a worshipper is low on the mat while a second man stands beside him on the crowded boat deck. — A worshipper lowers himself on the mat as another man remains standing nearby.

The final frame shows one man seated on the prayer mat and another standing nearby on a cluttered boat deck in 1946 Calcutta footage. — One man sits on the mat while the other stands near ropes and cargo on deck.

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