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India-1946: Grainy Footage Of Slightly Rocky Body Of Water And Tree Obscured By

$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.

  • Year1946
  • Decade1940s
  • LocationIndia
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD

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Grainy Footage Of Slightly Rocky Body Of Water And Tree... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this grainy home movie captures a misty, overcast view of a calm body of water, likely a lake or coastal inlet, seen through a window or frame. The scene is hazy and atmospheric, with a distant shoreline barely visible through the fog. The image is heavily textured with scratches, dust, and film grain, characteristic of vintage Super 8 footage. A faint, dark shape on the left may be a tree or rock, partially obscured by the weather and film degradation. The overall mood is quiet and nostalgic, evoking a sense of memory and time passed.

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
124755719

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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Topics & Keywords

  • ocean
  • lake
  • waves
  • fog
  • tree
  • rocky
  • body
  • water
  • obscured
  • nature
  • india
  • 1946
  • 1946 India home movie
  • vintage 8mm film
  • grainy ocean footage
  • foggy water view
  • 1940s archival footage
  • obscured shoreline
  • film grain
  • vintage Super 8
  • nostalgic memory
  • old film
  • nature scene
  • 8mm home movie
  • vintage footage
  • archival film
  • historical footage
  • foggy landscape
  • water body
  • 1946 footage
  • Indian landscape
  • vintage film texture

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1940s India archive requests needing a quiet coastal or lakeside water view as documentary atmosphere, travel context, or reflective transition footage.
Period detail
The frames may show 1946 8mm home-movie footage in India, with no visible landmarks, people, vehicles, clothing, or signage to independently confirm a more specific place or date.
Home-movie behavior
The camera holds an unstaged, observational view through a dark window or railing frame, suggesting a traveler or household filming the water from a sheltered vantage point.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a hazy horizon, calm gray-blue water, faint wave highlights, dark vertical framing bars, soft overcast sky, dust, scratches, and uneven film exposure.
Film character
The clip has a subdued 8mm texture with heavy grain, surface marks, soft focus, muted color, gate edges, and slight exposure variation that reads as physical home-movie material.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a short cutaway, pause, scene-setter, or memory beat between travel, weather, shoreline, or reflective archive sequences.
Historical context
The view offers environmental context rather than social detail, showing a misty body of water in India without visible human activity or identifiable built features.
Research note
No people, faces, logos, or readable marks are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any property or access implications should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1946 India 8mm water view, vintage home movie shoreline, misty lake or sea through window, grainy travel footage, and archival coastal cutaway.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other India 1946 travel material, then broader 1940s home-movie water, shoreline, fog, or reflective nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 India 8mm frame showing a misty body of water and faint horizon through dark window or railing bars.
A subdued water view is partially divided by dark vertical framing in the foreground.
Misty 1946 India 8mm view of water and a faint horizon, with dark foreground framing and visible film wear.
The frame holds on a soft, misty horizon beyond the dark foreground divider.
Grainy 8mm frame from India showing calm water under a hazy sky, partly blocked by dark vertical edges.
A low, blurred horizon separates gray sky from the darker water surface.
1946 India home-movie frame with calm water, faint wave highlights, and a hazy horizon behind dark framing.
Small bright marks on the water appear below a soft, indistinct horizon line.

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