India-1946: Large Steamship At Sea With Smoke From Funnel

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationIndia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Large Steamship At Sea With Smoke From Funnel — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a large steamship at sea, its twin funnels emitting smoke as it moves through the water. The grainy, monochrome footage shows the vessel from a distance, with small boats visible nearby. The scene evokes a sense of mid-century maritime travel and industrial activity, characteristic of archival footage from India during the post-war era. The film's aged quality, with visible scratches and soft focus, enhances its nostalgic and historic appeal.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124756197

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: Supports 1940s India maritime or travel sequences needing brief 8mm home-movie views of a large steamship and nearby harbor activity.
Period detail: The twin-funnel steamship, small boats, and formal clothing may show mid-1940s port travel or waterside movement in India.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a traveler’s observational perspective, shifting from men beside a horse or cart to distant views of a large ship on the water.
What appears in frame: Visible details include suited men, a harnessed horse or cart, a large twin-funnel steamship, smoke, small boats, open water, and shoreline haze.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, muted exposure, scratches, and slight frame instability consistent with aged home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel insert, port-transition beat, or memory fragment within a wider 1940s India sequence.
Historical context: The images suggest everyday movement around water transport, with people and small craft seen near a larger passenger or cargo vessel.
Research note: People are visible and may require likeness review; copyright, location, vessel identity, and property issues should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1946 India 8mm steamship, vintage harbor home movie, twin-funnel ship at sea, and postwar maritime travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with India 1946 travel material, and then with broader steamship or harbor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 India 8mm frame showing men beside a harnessed horse or cart near a dockside or waterside setting. — Men stand near a harnessed horse or cart at the edge of a waterside scene.

1946 India 8mm view of a large twin-funnel steamship on open water with smoke rising above it. — A large twin-funnel steamship sits or moves across hazy water.

Soft 1946 India 8mm frame of a large steamship seen across water with smoke and small boats nearby. — The steamship is viewed from a distance, with small boats in the water below.

1946 India 8mm frame showing a large twin-funnel steamship across the water, with smoke and small craft nearby. — A large steamship dominates the hazy waterside view as smoke rises from its funnels.

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