Colombo Ceylon-1946: View Of A White Sand Beach With High Waves On A Sunny Day

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationColombo, Sri Lanka
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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View Of A White Sand Beach With High Waves On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of a white sand beach in Colombo, Ceylon, framed by a dark window or doorway. Rolling waves crash onto the shore under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds, showcasing the natural beauty of the tropical coastline. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and subtle camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century coastal life. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, and retro-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124755363

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1946 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s 8mm coastal home-movie footage for productions needing an archival beach, surf, or tropical travel cutaway from Colombo, Ceylon.
Period detail: The 8mm color look, dark doorway framing, and stated 1946 metadata place the scene in the mid-1940s, though no visible landmark confirms the exact beach.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, watching surf from a shaded opening rather than staging people or activity for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rolling ocean waves, pale sand, blue sky, scattered clouds, a dark vertical doorway or window frame, rocks, and a distant shoreline.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, color fading, gate shadow, and slight handheld instability give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, coastal transition, travel-memory beat, or atmospheric cutaway between narrated historical scenes.
Historical context: The view documents a quiet tropical shoreline in the period identified as 1946, with no visible people, signage, vehicles, or specific urban markers in frame.
Research note: No faces, logos, or readable marks are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any property considerations should still be reviewed by the buyer.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1940s 8mm Colombo beach, Ceylon surf home movie, tropical coastline archival footage, and vintage ocean waves.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Colombo or Ceylon material, then broader 1940s tropical beach and ocean travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Colombo, Ceylon beach view with surf rolling toward pale sand, framed by a dark doorway or window edge. — Surf breaks along a sandy Colombo shoreline, viewed from a shaded opening.

Mid-1940s 8mm view of Colombo surf under a blue sky, with a dark window or doorway frame splitting the scene. — Waves roll in beneath scattered clouds, partially divided by the doorway frame.

1946 Colombo coastal view showing a pale beach, active surf, rocks in the foreground, and a low distant shoreline. — A wider beach angle shows surf sweeping toward the sand and rocks in the foreground.

Colombo, Ceylon shoreline in 1946, with foamy waves, pale sand, distant coast, and dark framing from a shaded opening. — Foamy surf meets the sand while the dark frame edge holds the beach view in shadow.

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