India-1946: Cargo Ship in Rough Seas

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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 in Rough Seas — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures a large cargo ship navigating choppy waters off the coast of India. The vessel, with a black hull and red bottom, pitches and rolls heavily as it moves through turbulent waves, its white superstructure standing out against a dark, overcast sky. Distant hills line the horizon, and the film's grainy texture, color fading, and occasional scratches evoke a strong sense of historical authenticity. The camera remains steady, focusing on the ship's struggle against the rough sea, offering a dramatic glimpse into mid-20th century maritime travel.

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: 124755944

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: Useful for 1940s maritime, India-related, or wartime-era travel productions needing real 8mm footage of a cargo ship at sea in rough weather.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, heavy grain, faded tones, and mid-century cargo vessel silhouette support the supplied 1946 India context without identifying a specific port or route.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a passenger or shoreline observer's view, holding on the ship as it pitches through choppy water rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black-hulled cargo ship, red lower hull, white mast and superstructure, rough blue-green water, distant hills, overcast sky, and film scratches.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, fading color, scratches, and slight exposure shifts give the scan a strong original-home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime cutaway, travel transition, sea-voyage insert, or atmospheric beat for mid-20th-century ocean passage.
Historical context: The footage visually suggests coastal maritime transport in the 1940s, with a large vessel moving through rough seas near a hilly shoreline.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable vessel names are visible, but copyright, vessel identity, and location claims should still be checked against collection records.
Research search match: Likely researcher matches include 1946 India 8mm cargo ship, vintage home movie rough seas, mid-century maritime travel, and coastal freighter footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 India coastal material, then broader 1940s ship, harbor, ocean travel, or rough-sea footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 India 8mm frame showing rough sea, distant hills, cloudy sky, and visible film wear before the ship enters close view. — Rough coastal water and low hills appear beneath a dark sky.

1946 India 8mm frame with choppy blue-green water, a hilly horizon, gray cloud cover, and prominent aged-film marks. — Choppy water stretches toward a hilly shoreline in cloudy weather.

1946 India 8mm frame showing a cargo ship with black hull, red lower section, and white superstructure listing in rough coastal seas. — A cargo ship rolls heavily as waves break around its hull.

1946 India 8mm frame showing the cargo ship head-on, its black and red hull pushing through rough water near a hilly shoreline. — The ship faces the camera while cutting through rough coastal water.

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