Colombo Ceylon-1946: Baby Elephant in Enclosure as Man Cleans Up

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationColombo, Sri Lanka
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Baby Elephant in Enclosure as Man Cleans Up — Clip Details

COLOMBO CEYLON-1946: A young elephant stands in its enclosure, surrounded by bamboo and scattered debris, as a man in a white shirt tends to the area. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures a quiet moment of care and routine at a zoo or sanctuary in mid-20th century Ceylon. The grainy, color-bleached footage evokes a nostalgic, archival feel, with the elephant calmly exploring its environment while the caretaker works nearby. The scene reflects a bygone era of animal husbandry and colonial-era wildlife management.

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: 124755542

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

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 (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 documentary or museum edits needing home-movie views of animal care in Colombo, Ceylon, with a young elephant and caretaker in a modest enclosure.
Period detail: The 8mm color look, simple enclosure materials, and metadata-supported 1946 Colombo setting place the scene in a mid-1940s colonial-era travel or family film context.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the quiet, observational handling of routine care, with the camera watching a caretaker work while the elephant noses through bamboo and debris.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young elephant, bamboo stalks, scattered enclosure debris, dark fencing or walls, ropes or poles, and a man in a white shirt working nearby.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, color fading, dim exposure, frame-edge darkness, and slight handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or observational insert for animal husbandry, zoo care, travel-film, or Ceylon-era sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually suggests managed animal care in a simple enclosure, but the exact institution and circumstances should be verified beyond the supplied Colombo Ceylon metadata.
Research note: A person is visible and likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and any institution-related permissions should be assessed separately before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1946 Colombo Ceylon elephant enclosure, 8mm baby elephant caretaker, vintage zoo or sanctuary footage, and home movie animal care.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1946 Colombo material, then with broader elephant, zoo, sanctuary, and animal-care footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Young elephant in a Colombo Ceylon enclosure, 1946 metadata, standing near bamboo and debris in grainy 8mm footage. — A young elephant stands among bamboo and scattered material inside a dark enclosure.

Young elephant appears to explore bamboo and debris inside a Colombo Ceylon enclosure in 1946 home-movie footage. — The elephant lowers its head toward bamboo and loose material on the enclosure floor.

Close view of the young elephant with a man in a white shirt visible at the edge of the Colombo enclosure scene. — The elephant moves close to the camera while a man in a white shirt works near the side of the enclosure.

A caretaker-like figure in a white shirt works near bamboo as the young elephant remains partly visible in the 1946 Colombo scene. — A man tends to the enclosure beside bamboo and loose sticks, with the elephant partly in frame.

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