India-1946: Sailors Working on Ship Deck

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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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Sailors Working on Ship Deck — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures sailors working on the deck of a ship off the coast of India. The grainy, blue-tinted footage shows two men in period uniforms—one in a light shirt and cap, the other in dark clothing—moving along the deck as the vessel navigates choppy waters. The scene transitions to a distant view of a hazy coastline under an overcast sky, with visible film scratches and natural degradation adding to its authentic archival quality. This rare 1940s maritime footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into naval life 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: 124755930

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: Useful for 1940s maritime or India-related archive requests needing brief 8mm deck activity and coastal travel cutaways.
Period detail: The sailors' caps, simple deck railings, and small-gauge color home-movie texture may show a mid-1940s shipboard setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the candid, passenger-level view of men working on deck as the camera follows the ship and nearby coast.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include sailors on a dark deck, railings, choppy water, ship structure, hazy coastline, overcast sky, and film gate edges.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, blue-green cast, heavy grain, handheld framing, exposure variation, and visible scratches that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a maritime insert, voyage transition, coastal cutaway, or brief memory beat within a postwar travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually places shipboard labor and sea travel near land in India, without identifying the vessel, port, or specific route.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1940s 8mm sailors on ship deck, India coastal voyage home movie, vintage maritime footage, and ship near coastline.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1946 India or shipboard footage, then broader 1940s maritime travel and coastal approach material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 8mm frame showing a dark ship deck, railings, choppy sea, and partial vessel structure off India. — Ship deck and water seen from a dim, handheld 8mm viewpoint.

1946 shipboard frame from India showing a sailor working near the railing as water passes behind the vessel. — Sailor works along the rail of a moving ship.

1946 8mm frame showing two sailors on a ship deck off India, one in a light cap and another in darker clothing. — Two sailors move around the deck near the ship railing.

1946 coastal view from a ship near India, with hazy landforms, green water, overcast sky, and visible film scratch. — Distant coastline seen across the water from the ship.

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