Colombo Ceylon-1946: Elephant In Sling Lifted From Ship Deck

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationColombo, Sri Lanka
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Elephant In Sling Lifted From Ship Deck — Clip Details

COLOMBO CEYLON-1946: An elephant is carefully lifted by a wooden sling suspended from a crane, its massive body hoisted above a ship's deck. The animal, secured with ropes, hangs mid-air over the water as crew members observe below. The 8mm film captures the scene with soft, faded colors and characteristic grain, evoking a sense of historical documentation. This archival footage shows a moment of animal transport, likely for relocation or shipment, with the elephant's calm demeanor contrasting the mechanical operation. The setting appears to be a port, with the sea visible in the background, highlighting a unique intersection of wildlife and industrial logistics in mid-20th century Ceylon.

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: 124755678

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: 1940s Colombo port footage suited to documentary or museum edits about maritime transport, animal relocation, colonial-era logistics, or unusual home-movie travel records.
Period detail: The ship deck, crane sling, faded 8mm color, and Colombo Ceylon metadata place the scene in a mid-1940s port setting, with no visible landmark or vessel name confirmed.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a nearby vantage point as workers and onlookers watch an elephant being hoisted, giving the scene the feel of witnessed port activity rather than a staged production.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an elephant, wooden sling, crane cables, ship rail, deck crew below, open water, film-frame borders, and soft 8mm color grain.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, muted color, gate edges, mild exposure variation, and small-gauge film grain that support its home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, logistics cutaway, travel-film beat, or transition into sequences about ports, animal transport, or postwar Ceylon.
Historical context: The footage visually documents an elephant suspended above a ship deck in Colombo, showing animal handling intersecting with maritime equipment and port labor.
Research note: People are visible but not individually identifiable in these frames; copyright, likeness, animal-welfare sensitivity, and vessel or location permissions may still require review.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s Colombo Ceylon 8mm elephant transport, elephant lifted by crane from ship, archival port animal shipment, and home movie ship deck wildlife.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then with other 1946 Colombo or Ceylon travel footage, and finally with broader port, ship deck, crane, or animal transport material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1946 Colombo, an elephant hangs in a wooden sling from crane cables above a ship deck while a person stands below. — An elephant is held in a wooden sling over the ship deck as the lift begins.

The elephant is hoisted clear of the deck in a wooden sling, with open water and the ship rail visible behind it. — The crane lift raises the elephant above the deck rail.

The elephant remains suspended from crane cables over the ship deck, with a person and another elephant-like form partly visible below. — The suspended elephant passes over the rail while crew watch from the deck.

The elephant is still airborne in the sling near the ship rail, with open water behind and a partial figure or animal at the lower edge. — The lift continues with the elephant suspended just above the rail line.

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