Colombo Ceylon-1946: Man Pulling Cart and Classic Cars on a Colonial Street

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationColombo, Sri Lanka
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Pulling Cart and Classic Cars on a Colonial Street — Clip Details

COLOMBO CEYLON-1946: A vintage 8mm film captures a bustling street scene in Colombo, Ceylon, during the 1940s. A man pulls a two-wheeled cart along the pavement as classic automobiles drive by on the road. The footage shows colonial-era architecture, including a prominent building with columns and a distant clock tower, under a bright blue sky with large white clouds. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic frame edges of an old home movie, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century urban life.

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: 124755383

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: 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 Colombo or Ceylon urban street requests needing short documentary cutaways of colonial-era transport and city movement.
Period detail: The clip shows columned civic-style buildings, a clock tower, older automobiles, and a hand-pulled cart consistent with the supplied 1946 Colombo metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the street from a visitor-like roadside position, letting traffic, pedestrians, and the cart pass without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a hand-pulled cart, classic cars, paved road, columned buildings, clock tower, trees, street railings, and bright clouded sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible frame edges, light grain, warm color fading, and slight handheld drift that retain its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, transport cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century Colombo street life.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for mixed urban transport and colonial-era streetscape in Colombo without identifying specific institutions or events.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while no brands or audible music are apparent from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Colombo Ceylon street footage, 8mm colonial-era city traffic, hand-pulled cart, and classic cars in Sri Lanka.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Colombo material, then broader 1940s urban transport or colonial streetscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1946 Colombo, a man pulls a two-wheeled cart along a road in front of columned colonial-era buildings. — A hand-pulled cart moves through a broad street beside columned buildings.

A classic automobile passes through a Colombo street scene with a clock tower, railings, trees, and colonial-era buildings. — A car travels through the street with a clock tower and civic buildings in the background.

A 1946 Colombo street view shows a dark car near railings, a clock tower, trees, and the edge of a columned building. — A dark car moves through the frame near railings and a clock tower.

The final frame holds on the Colombo streetscape, with a clock tower, railings, trees, road markings, and a columned building. — The street briefly clears, leaving the clock tower and colonial-era architecture prominent.

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