Colombo Ceylon-1946: Sunset View From Sailing Boat In Bay

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationColombo, Sri Lanka
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Sunset View From Sailing Boat In Bay — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage clip captures a serene sunset view from a sailing boat in Colombo, Ceylon. The warm golden light of dusk illuminates the sky, casting a soft glow over the calm sea. Silhouetted rigging lines frame the horizon, with scattered clouds catching the fading sunlight. The gentle motion of the water and the subtle sway of the boat create a peaceful, nostalgic atmosphere, evoking mid-century maritime leisure. This authentic home movie footage offers a rare glimpse into post-war travel and coastal life in British 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: 124755692

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$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: Supports 1940s maritime travel, colonial-era Ceylon, and atmospheric ocean-sunset requests for documentary inserts, transitions, or reflective archive sequences.
Period detail: The visible sailboat rigging, open water, and 8mm color home-movie texture may show mid-1940s leisure travel near Colombo, with no identifiable landmark visible in these frames.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from aboard a boat rather than staging an event, preserving a quiet traveler’s view of sunset, sea movement, and rigging silhouettes.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a low sunlit sky, scattered clouds, dark horizon line, open sea, vertical sailboat rigging, frame borders, and warm dusk exposure.
Film character: The clip carries soft 8mm grain, warm fading color, slight handheld sway, dust specks, and uneven exposure that read as physical home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a reflective cutaway, voyage transition, end-of-day insert, or memory beat between travel, port, or coastal-life scenes.
Historical context: The footage places the viewer on water near Colombo in a postwar travel setting, but the frames show only sea, sky, and boat rigging rather than civic or social detail.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though copyright status and any location or vessel permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1940s 8mm Colombo sunset, Ceylon sailing boat view, vintage ocean horizon, home movie sea at dusk, and colonial-era travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Colombo or Ceylon material, then broader sailing, harbor, sea, sunset, or travel-home-movie themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Colombo home-movie view from a sailing boat, showing sunset clouds, open sea, and dark rigging lines in silhouette. — Sunset sky and ocean horizon framed by sailboat rigging.

Aboard a sailing boat near Colombo in 1946, the frame shows golden dusk light, scattered clouds, and rigging over the ocean. — Golden dusk light over water with rigging in the foreground.

Vintage 8mm view near Colombo showing a dim ocean horizon, sunset clouds, and sailboat rigging silhouetted against the sky. — Low sunset clouds and sea seen from a boat deck perspective.

End frame of 1946 Colombo sailing footage, with muted sunset color, open water, distant clouds, and rigging in the foreground. — Muted sunset color over open water at the end of the shot.

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