India-1946: Man Pets Happy Elephant Before Sitting On Its Back

Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationIndia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Pets Happy Elephant Before Sitting On Its Back — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a man in a naval-style cap and dark jacket petting a large elephant on a boat. Another man stands nearby as the elephant stands calmly on the deck with the sea in the background. The man then mounts the elephant, sitting atop its back while others watch. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic look of mid-20th century amateur film, offering a rare glimpse of human-animal interaction in India during the post-war era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124756146

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s India documentary edits needing brief home-movie footage of a man interacting with an elephant on a boat or waterside deck.
Period detail: The naval-style cap, dark jackets, 8mm color stock, and visible deck rail may show mid-1940s travel or service-era home-movie observation in India.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal, unstaged moment as men watch and one man pets the elephant before climbing onto its back.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an elephant, men in dark jackets, a naval-style cap, a boat deck or rail, open water, pale sky, and soft 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, and exposure shifts consistent with mid-century amateur 8mm film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for travel, animal handling, colonial-era movement, or postwar home-movie sequences.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests casual human-animal interaction in India, but the frames do not identify the vessel, people, exact place, or event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from film copyright and any location or animal-use considerations.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1940s India 8mm elephant, vintage home movie man petting elephant, elephant on boat deck, and postwar travel footage India.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 India footage, then related elephant, boat deck, travel, or human-animal interaction scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1946 India home-movie footage, a man in a naval-style cap pets an elephant on a boat or deck as another man stands nearby. — A man reaches toward the elephant as others stand on deck with water behind them.

The elephant remains calm beside the capped man on a deck, with another man and open water visible in the background. — The man stands close to the elephant while another observer looks on from the deck.

A man in a light cap turns near the elephant, with another man visible behind him and water beyond the deck rail. — The group shifts position beside the elephant during the brief home-movie sequence.

In the final frame, the capped man sits atop the elephant while two men stand nearby on the deck against a water background. — The man has mounted the elephant as observers stand on either side of the animal.

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