Colombo Ceylon-1946: Elephant Hoisted Over Water in Wooden Crate

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationColombo, Sri Lanka
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Elephant Hoisted Over Water in Wooden Crate — Clip Details

COLOMBO CEYLON-1946: A young elephant is hoisted over water by a crane, its body suspended in a wooden crate secured with thick ropes. The animal stands calmly as it is lifted, its trunk occasionally curling. In the background, a harbor with small boats and distant buildings is visible under a bright sky. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures a unique moment of animal transport in mid-century Ceylon, showcasing the era's practical methods and the film's characteristic grain and color palette.

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: 124755604

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

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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 documentary or editorial requests needing colonial-era Colombo harbor footage of elephant transport by crane over water.
Period detail: The wooden sling crate, thick rope rigging, small harbor boats, and soft 8mm color may show mid-century port handling practices in Ceylon.
Home-movie behavior: The brief home-movie view holds on the suspended elephant from a nearby vantage point, preserving an unstaged moment of transport rather than a formal record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young elephant, wooden side crate, heavy ropes, harbor water, moored small boats, distant low buildings, and film frame edges.
Film character: The clip has 8mm grain, soft focus, mild color fading, uneven exposure, and gate-edge darkness that give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, visual cutaway, or memory beat for animal transport, harbor logistics, or postwar-era travel material.
Historical context: The footage visually places an elephant in a working waterfront setting, suggesting practical animal movement through port infrastructure without proving a specific event.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private interiors are visible, but copyright status and any animal-welfare or location-use context should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Colombo Ceylon 8mm home movie, elephant hoisted by crane, harbor animal transport, and vintage port footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Colombo or Ceylon 1946 harbor scenes, then broader vintage animal transport or waterfront logistics footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Colombo, Ceylon, a young elephant is hoisted over harbor water in a wooden crate sling on 8mm home-movie footage. — A young elephant hangs in a rope-supported wooden crate above the harbor.

The elephant hangs calmly in its wooden sling as its trunk curls, with harbor boats and shoreline structures behind it. — The elephant remains suspended in the crate as its trunk curls above the water.

A close 8mm frame shows the crate-supported elephant with its trunk raised, suspended over a harbor with boats in the background. — The elephant raises its trunk while hanging in the rope-slung crate.

The final frame shows the elephant still held in the wooden sling over Colombo harbor water, with boats and low buildings beyond. — The suspended elephant remains framed against harbor water and small boats.

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