India-1946: Cargo Ship Sailing at Sea

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationIndia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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

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Cargo Ship Sailing at Sea — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures a large cargo ship sailing across the open sea, likely off the coast of India. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and visible film scratches evoke a strong sense of mid-20th century archival footage. The ship, with its dark hull and white superstructure, moves steadily through calm waters under an overcast sky, viewed from a distance. The sequence shows the vessel from multiple angles, emphasizing its scale and the vastness of the ocean. This authentic home movie clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into post-war maritime activity, perfect for historical documentaries, editorial content, or vintage-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124755775

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 maritime or travel edits needing archival 8mm footage of a large cargo vessel at sea near India.
Period detail: The dark hull, white superstructure, and color 8mm stock may show mid-1940s merchant shipping, though no vessel name or port landmark is legible.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a passenger or shoreline observer's perspective, with distant framing and quick angle changes suggesting casual home-movie recording.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large cargo ship, dark hull, white deck structures, open water, pale sky, distant coastline or hills, and film gate edges.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, scratches, and slight color fading give the short sequence a clear physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a maritime cutaway, travel insert, passage transition, or brief memory beat in a postwar-era sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually situates a merchant vessel in open coastal waters, useful for broad context around sea travel, shipping, or port approaches.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but vessel identity and copyright status should still be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Good match for searches such as 1940s 8mm cargo ship at sea, India maritime home movie, vintage merchant vessel footage, and postwar ocean travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with India 1946 material, then with broader 1940s maritime, port, or ocean travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 8mm frame from India showing a distant cargo ship at sea with dark hull, white structures, and visible film borders. — A large cargo vessel is seen from a distance across open water.

The ship remains in broad profile against the sea and sky.

Closer 1946 8mm view of a cargo ship bow near coastal water, with overexposed sky and a red band along the lower hull. — A closer angle emphasizes the vessel's bow and hull at the waterline.

A dark ship bow fills the right side of the frame, with hazy hills and open water behind it in faded 8mm color. — The final frame shows the ship's bow against hazy coastal hills.

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