Colombo Ceylon-1946: Sunset Over The Ocean From A Ship With Golden Light

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationColombo, Sri Lanka
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Sunset Over The Ocean From A Ship With Golden Light — Clip Details

COLOMBO CEYLON-1946: A serene sunset over the ocean viewed from a ship, with golden light illuminating the clouds and reflecting on the water. The frame is bordered by the dark silhouette of the vessel's rigging, creating a classic 8mm home movie perspective. The warm, faded colors and visible film grain evoke a nostalgic, archival feel from the mid-20th century. This clip captures a quiet moment at sea, with the sky transitioning from day to night, offering a peaceful and historic maritime scene.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124755703

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 8mm maritime travel footage suited for documentary inserts needing a quiet shipboard sunset or ocean passage near Colombo, Ceylon.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-1940s passenger-ship viewpoint, with rigging silhouettes and repeated title-card frames reading Aden Harbor after the sunset shot.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a traveler filming from a vessel, holding briefly on the changing sky before the reel shifts to photographed travel-title material.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a sunset sky, ocean horizon, ship rigging, dark film borders, and title-card frames marked Aden Harbor.
Film character: Soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, gate edges, and uneven exposure give the 8mm scan a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a sea-passage insert, reflective transition, voyage cutaway, or memory beat between travel locations.
Historical context: The imagery places the viewer within a postwar-era personal travel reel, showing an ocean view and associated harbor title cards without confirming events beyond the metadata.
Research note: No people are visible, but the title-card emblem and printed text should be reviewed for trademark, copyright, and source-identification issues.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1940s 8mm ocean sunset from ship, Colombo Ceylon home movie, vintage maritime travel footage, and Aden Harbor title card.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1946 Colombo or Ceylon travel footage, then with shipboard sunsets and harbor-journey material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 shipboard view near Colombo, Ceylon, showing golden clouds over the sea with dark rigging in the foreground. — Golden sunset over an ocean horizon from a vessel.

A home-movie title card reading Aden Harbor, with smaller printed lines and an emblem above the title. — Aden Harbor title card within the travel reel.

Soft 8mm frame of an Aden Harbor printed title card, showing a large title, emblem, and smaller unreadable text. — Printed Aden Harbor card filmed as part of the reel.

Repeated 8mm view of the Aden Harbor title card, with a visible emblem and film wear near the right side. — Another frame of the Aden Harbor travel title card.

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