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India-1946: Girl Writing In Notebook On Prairie In Wind

  • Year1946
  • Decade1940s
  • LocationIndia
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
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Girl Writing In Notebook On Prairie In Wind — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a young girl sitting outdoors on a prairie, focused on writing in a notebook. She wears a light blue collared shirt and dark pants, her dark curly hair blowing in the wind. The scene unfolds in natural daylight, with a rustic backdrop of hay bales and wooden posts, conveying a quiet, contemplative moment from mid-century India. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
124755981

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
India Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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

  • outdoors
  • nature
  • writing
  • windy
  • hair
  • girl
  • working
  • prairie
  • wind
  • people
  • india
  • 1946
  • 1946 India home movie
  • vintage 8mm film
  • girl writing in notebook
  • prairie scene 1940s
  • outdoor writing footage
  • wind blowing hair
  • archival Super 8
  • old film footage
  • historical documentary clip
  • 1940s rural life
  • nostalgic home movie
  • 8mm film grain
  • vintage writing scene
  • Indian countryside
  • classic home movie
  • retro film footage
  • 1946 archival
  • outdoor study moment
  • wind-swept hair
  • 8mm home movie

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1940s India archival requests needing a quiet home-movie moment of a girl writing outdoors for documentary, education, or memory-sequence use.
Period detail
The light collared shirt, open notebook, rustic posts, hay or dry grass, and soft 8mm color may show mid-1940s rural or semi-rural outdoor life.
Home-movie behavior
The value is an unstaged close view of a person concentrating on handwriting while wind moves her hair and clothing.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a seated girl, open notebook, dark trousers, blue collared shirt, dry grass, wooden posts, and sunlit outdoor ground.
Film character
The clip has soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing consistent with original 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a short cutaway, reflective insert, or memory beat for education, childhood, writing, or everyday-life sequences.
Historical context
The footage visually suggests a private home-movie record of outdoor study or writing, without enough evidence to identify the exact place or occasion.
Research note
A visible face and possible minor require likeness review; copyright, location, and property permissions should be checked separately before use.
Research search match
Researchers might search for 1940s India 8mm home movie, girl writing outdoors, rural study scene, windy notebook close view, or vintage childhood footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with India 1946 material, and then with broader themes of writing, childhood, outdoor study, or everyday life.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1946 India home-movie footage, a girl sits outdoors in a blue collared shirt and writes in a notebook near dry grass and wooden posts.
A seated girl writes in a notebook outdoors as wind lifts her hair.
A girl in 1946 India appears focused on handwriting in an open notebook while seated outside in bright daylight.
The girl looks down at her notebook while seated in the sun.
The 8mm frame shows a girl seated outdoors in India, leaning toward her notebook with dry grass and structural posts behind her.
She leans over the notebook, continuing to write outdoors.
A girl in a blue shirt sits with an open notebook in 1946 India footage, with windblown hair and a rustic outdoor backdrop.
The girl pauses with her notebook against a rustic outdoor background.

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