Calcutta India-1946: Muslim Brothers Praying On Terrace

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

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Muslim Brothers Praying On Terrace — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this archival footage captures two Muslim men praying on a rooftop terrace in Calcutta, India. One man kneels on a mat while the other stands beside him, both dressed in traditional white clothing and caps. The scene unfolds on a sunlit day, with the textured roof, scattered ropes, and a small shelter visible in the background. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 home movie adds to its authentic, nostalgic feel, offering a rare glimpse into daily religious 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: 124755261

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 documentary or educational edits needing brief archival home-movie footage of Muslim prayer on a Calcutta rooftop terrace.
Period detail: The white caps and garments, rooftop mat, rough terrace surface, ropes and small shelter may show everyday urban religious practice in mid-1940s Calcutta.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged, distant home-movie view of two men during a quiet prayer moment on a roof rather than a posed public ceremony.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two men in white clothing, a prayer mat, rooftop parapets, coiled ropes, scattered boards, a small shelter and sunlit terrace surfaces.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, blue-green color shift, uneven exposure and slight handheld framing that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, contemplative insert or transition beat for religion, daily life or Calcutta street-level context.
Historical context: The clip visually situates Muslim prayer within a domestic or workaday rooftop setting, with no visible crowd, signage or landmark to identify a specific site.
Research note: People are visible and religious practice is depicted, so likeness, cultural sensitivity and contextual use should be reviewed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Calcutta 8mm footage, Muslim men praying on rooftop, India home movie prayer scene and 1940s religious daily life footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Calcutta footage, then broader India rooftop, religious practice or Muslim daily-life material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Calcutta home-movie frame showing two Muslim men on a rooftop terrace during prayer, with ropes and a small shelter behind them. — Two men pray or prepare to pray on a sunlit rooftop terrace in Calcutta.

1946 Calcutta rooftop scene with one Muslim man kneeling on a prayer mat and another standing close by in white clothing. — A kneeling figure and standing companion remain framed from above on the rooftop.

1946 Calcutta 8mm frame showing two men in white garments beside a prayer mat on a cluttered rooftop terrace. — The camera holds a distant view of the prayer scene and surrounding rooftop materials.

1946 Calcutta home-movie still of two Muslim men on a rooftop prayer mat area, filmed from an elevated distance. — The final frame keeps the men, mat and rooftop shelter in a soft 8mm view.

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