Colombo Ceylon-1946: One Sunday Morning Capturing The Beauty And Breeze In The

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationColombo, Sri Lanka
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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One Sunday Morning Capturing The Beauty And Breeze In The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched Sunday morning at Colombo, Ceylon. The footage, framed by a dark border, shows a sandy beach with gentle waves rolling ashore under a bright blue sky. A stone seawall and low buildings line the coast, with a few figures visible in the distance. The image has a soft focus and classic Super 8 grain, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of mid-century coastal life.

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: 124755366

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 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: Useful for 1940s editorial sequences needing coastal Colombo, Ceylon home-movie atmosphere and a brief seaside establishing cutaway.
Period detail: The seawall, low shoreline buildings, and 8mm color home-movie look may show a mid-1940s Sunday beach scene in Colombo, Ceylon.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the surf and promenade from a visitor viewpoint, preserving an unstaged glimpse of people moving along the waterfront.
What appears in frame: Visible details include rolling surf, sandy beach, stone seawall, promenade railings, low coastal buildings, rocks, blue sky, and distant figures.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and dark film-frame borders give the clip a physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a seaside establishing insert, travel transition, memory beat, or short coastal cutaway within a 1940s sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for mid-century leisure or travel along Colombo's shoreline without proving a specific event or named landmark.
Research note: People appear at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Researchers may find it through searches for 1940s 8mm Colombo beach footage, Ceylon seaside home movie, or vintage coastal promenade surf.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Colombo or Ceylon footage, then broader 1940s seaside travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Colombo, Ceylon coastal view with surf rolling toward a sandy beach beside a stone seawall and distant shoreline buildings. — Surf breaks along the beach beside a seawall and distant coastal buildings.

Colombo shoreline in 1946, showing foamy surf, a sandy beach, seawall structures, and low buildings under a bright sky. — Waves roll toward the beach below the coastal wall and promenade.

1946 home-movie view of a Colombo beach promenade with a seawall, rolling surf, rocks, and a few distant people. — A few figures appear near the seawall as waves wash across the beach.

Colombo, Ceylon beach scene from 1946 with a stone seawall, surf, rocks, low buildings, and distant people along the waterfront. — The camera frames the seawall and beach as surf breaks along the shore.

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