Colombo Ceylon-1946: Elephant Plays With Sugarcane In Marketplace

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationColombo, Sri Lanka
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Elephant Plays With Sugarcane In Marketplace — Clip Details

COLOMBO CEYLON-1946: A young elephant stands on a wooden platform in a bustling marketplace, its trunk reaching for sugarcane held by a handler. A man in a white shirt and dhoti stands nearby, observing the animal. The scene, shot on 8mm film, captures the vibrant, sun-drenched atmosphere of a colonial-era Sri Lankan market with visible overhead wires and distant trees. The footage shows natural movement and interaction, with another man briefly walking across the frame. The warm, slightly faded colors and film grain evoke a nostalgic, historical feel.

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 and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124755469

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1946 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s Colombo or Ceylon market-life requests needing brief 8mm footage of a young elephant, handlers, and street commerce atmosphere.
Period detail: The clothing, wooden platform, overhead utility wires, faded color, and stated 1946 Colombo metadata support a mid-1940s colonial-era street-market setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has visitor-shot immediacy, with people crossing close to the lens as the elephant reaches toward sugarcane rather than posing for a formal scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young elephant, sugarcane, handlers, men in light clothing and dhotis, a wooden platform, overhead wires, distant trees, and sunlit market structures.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, slight blur, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, observational cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition within sequences about Colombo, animals in public life, or market activity.
Historical context: The footage shows a public interaction between people and a young elephant in Colombo, offering visual context for animal handling and street life without proving a specific event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and contextual review may be needed; no logos or private property are evident, and copyright status should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1946 Colombo Ceylon 8mm elephant, Sri Lanka marketplace home movie, young elephant eating sugarcane, or colonial-era street footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then with other 1946 Colombo or Ceylon street scenes, and finally with elephant, market, or South Asia travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1946 Colombo, a young elephant stands on a wooden platform as people nearby handle sugarcane in a busy street-market setting. — A young elephant reaches toward sugarcane while people stand close by on a wooden platform.

The 1946 Colombo footage shows the elephant beside sugarcane, with handlers or bystanders standing near wires and market structures. — The elephant stands beside sugarcane as men remain close to the animal in the market area.

In the Colombo market scene, the elephant lowers its trunk toward sugarcane while a nearby man watches from the platform. — The elephant lowers its trunk near the sugarcane with a man standing just beside it.

A man crosses the foreground in the 1946 Colombo market footage while the young elephant remains beside sugarcane and a bystander watches. — A passerby moves through the foreground as the elephant and nearby bystander remain in place.

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