India-1946: View Of Mountains And Sea Waves On A Cloudy Day

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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View Of Mountains And Sea Waves On A Cloudy Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of mountains and sea waves through a window frame. The scene unfolds on a cloudy day, with gentle waves lapping against the shore and distant hills shrouded in mist. The footage shows natural film grain, scratches, and slight fading, characteristic of mid-20th century amateur recordings. The perspective suggests a passenger’s view from a moving vehicle or boat, offering a nostalgic glimpse of India’s coastal landscape during the post-war era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124755711

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

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 1725 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: reel 1
Reel-level year note: 1946
Reel-level location note: india
Date: 1946 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: India Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1940s India archive requests needing a brief coastal landscape view for documentary inserts, travel context, or atmospheric period transitions.
Period detail: The window-like vertical bars, faded color, and 8mm texture may show a mid-1940s amateur travel view rather than an identified landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, watching distant hills and water through framing bars as if from a window, vessel, or moving vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark window frame, grey sea surface, low distant hills, cloudy sky, shoreline haze, film scratches, dust marks, and soft exposure shifts.
Film character: The footage shows subdued color, visible grain, gate edges, scratches, dust, and slight exposure unevenness consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, travel transition, reflective memory beat, or establishing insert for coastal India material.
Historical context: The view documents a quiet coastal landscape in India as seen by an amateur camera, without visible people, buildings, signage, or dated public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright status and any location-based property or access questions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s India 8mm coastal view, vintage home movie sea and hills, cloudy shoreline travel footage, and window-framed ocean landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other India 1946 coastal or travel views, then broader 1940s sea, hills, weather, and amateur travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 India home-movie frame showing distant coastal hills and grey water through a dark window-like divider. — Coastal hills and water are framed by dark vertical bars on cloudy 8mm footage.

1946 India coastal view with low hills across the water, partly obscured by a dark central frame bar. — A dark frame bar divides the view of water, shoreline, and muted hills.

1946 India 8mm frame with a pale cloudy sky, calm sea, and low hills near the horizon, marked by film wear. — Low hills sit beyond calm water under a pale overcast sky.

1946 India home-movie view of a distant headland and grey sea, split by a dark window-like vertical bar. — A distant headland and water are seen through the dark interior edge of a frame.

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