India-1946: Filming From A Vessel At Sea With A Large Ship In The Distance

$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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Filming From A Vessel At Sea With A Large Ship In The... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a large cargo ship at sea from the perspective of another vessel. The footage shows the deck and rigging of the filming ship in the foreground, with a distant freighter visible across the water under an overcast sky. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film scratches are characteristic of mid-century amateur footage. The camera remains relatively steady, offering a nostalgic glimpse of maritime transportation during the post-war era.

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: 124755764

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: 1940s India maritime home-movie footage suited to documentary requests for ocean travel, cargo shipping, or postwar transport atmosphere.
Period detail: The visible ship rigging, distant freighter profile, faded color, and 8mm frame texture may show mid-1940s amateur filming from a vessel at sea.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a traveler filming across the water from a ship deck rather than a staged maritime scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ship deck edges, rigging lines, mast or boom structures, open sea, a distant cargo vessel, hazy horizon, and overcast sky.
Film character: Soft focus, muted color, gate edges, scratches, and light handheld movement give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief cutaway, voyage insert, maritime transition, or memory beat within a travel, trade, or family-history sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually situates a sea journey near India in 1946 without identifying the vessel, route, port, cargo, or operator.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, but vessel identity, copyright status, and any contextual claims should be checked before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1946 India 8mm ship at sea, home movie cargo vessel, vintage ocean travel footage, and distant freighter from deck.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other India 1946 travel footage, then broader 1940s maritime and ocean-voyage material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 India home-movie frame showing ship deck structures and rigging above open water from a vessel at sea. — Deck rigging and ship structures frame the sea ahead.

1946 India maritime footage with ship rigging in the foreground and a distant cargo vessel across the sea. — A distant vessel appears beyond rigging from the filming ship.

1946 India 8mm frame showing a distant freighter near the horizon, partly framed by rigging from another vessel. — Foreground rigging partly obscures a distant freighter at sea.

1946 India home-movie frame with a large cargo ship in the distance, seen through rigging from the filming vessel. — A large cargo ship is seen across the water through rigging.

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