Calcutta India-1946: A Message Of Colombo Harbor And Two Sailors On Top Of A Ship

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

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A Message Of Colombo Harbor And Two Sailors On Top Of A Ship — Clip Details

CALCUTTA INDIA-1946: A vintage 8mm home movie clip captures a bustling harbor scene in Colombo, Sri Lanka. A sailor in a white uniform stands on the deck of a ship, observing a white dog lying on a mat. The shot, filmed from an elevated angle, shows the ship's deck cluttered with ropes and equipment. The footage is grainy and features the distinct color palette of 1940s Super 8 film. A title card identifies the location as Colombo Harbor, based on a British survey from 1906. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century maritime life and colonial-era transportation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124755306

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 requests needing brief home-movie evidence of South Asian harbor travel, shipboard life, or a Colombo Harbor title-card insert.
Period detail: The white sailor uniforms, ship deck fittings, and printed Colombo Harbor chart title card may show mid-1940s maritime travel and colonial-era navigation references.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot shipboard perspective, pausing on sailors, a dog on deck, and a harbor chart rather than staging formal action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two sailors in white, a dog on a mat, ship deck hardware, ropes or gear, water beyond the rail, and repeated Colombo Harbor chart title frames.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame edges that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short maritime cutaway, location-establishing title insert, or transition between shipboard travel and South Asian harbor sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually connects shipboard observation with a printed Colombo Harbor reference, suggesting travel documentation without confirming a specific vessel or itinerary.
Research note: People and a visible emblem or official mark appear, so likeness, insignia, and underlying chart or title-card rights should be reviewed separately from film copyright.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1940s 8mm Colombo Harbor, sailor on ship deck, South Asia maritime home movie, and vintage harbor chart title card.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1946 Calcutta or Colombo travel material, and finally with broader shipboard and harbor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940s home-movie view of two sailors on a cluttered ship deck near a white dog, with harbor water visible in the background. — Two sailors and a dog are seen from above on a ship deck.

A printed title card reads Colombo Harbor and references Ceylon West Coast, with an emblem near the top and chart markings at the edge. — Colombo Harbor title card fills the frame.

The Colombo Harbor title card remains centered, showing Ceylon West Coast text, a printed emblem, and softened smaller survey text. — A harbor chart title card identifies Colombo Harbor.

Soft-focus 8mm frame of the Colombo Harbor chart title card, including Ceylon West Coast wording, emblem, and faint chart lines. — The title card stays on screen in soft focus.

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