Karachi Pakistan-1946: Men Walking Toward Port Building

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationKarachi, Pakistan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Men Walking Toward Port Building — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures two men walking toward a building in Karachi, Pakistan. One man is shirtless with curly hair, while the other wears a light-colored, short-sleeved shirt. The footage shows them approaching a stone building with a carved sign reading 'KARACHI PORT TRUST,' suggesting a colonial-era port facility. The image quality features classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This historical clip offers authentic period footage for documentaries, editorial projects, or historical content about mid-20th century Pakistan and British colonial infrastructure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 124756514

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: Yes
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 1726 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: reel 2
Reel-level year note: 1946
Reel-level location note: india,suez canal,calcutta
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: Karachi, Pakistan 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1940s port or travel-documentary requests needing brief 8mm home-movie footage of people approaching a Karachi Port Trust sign.
Period detail: The carved Karachi Port Trust sign, stone wall, simple clothing, and 8mm color stock may show a mid-1940s colonial-era port setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged visitor-shot value, with two men briefly entering frame before the camera studies the building sign.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two men, a shirtless figure, a light short-sleeved shirt, a stone wall, a carved Karachi Port Trust sign, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: Soft focus, uneven exposure, visible grain, color shift, and handheld framing give the clip a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short location insert, travel transition, port cutaway, or memory beat within a 1940s archival sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually links people and port administration signage, but the exact relationship between the filmed location and the metadata location should be verified.
Research note: People and a named institutional sign are visible, so copyright, likeness, trademark, and location identification should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s 8mm port sign footage, Karachi Port Trust home movie, Suez Canal travel footage, and colonial-era port building cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1946 Suez Canal or Karachi port material, then with broader 1940s maritime travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1946 8mm home-movie footage, two men pass near the camera before the view shifts toward a port building. — Two men move through the foreground at the start of the clip.

A stone building wall fills the frame, centered on a carved sign reading Karachi Port Trust. — The camera settles on the Karachi Port Trust sign.

The 8mm frame shows a closer, slightly soft view of the Karachi Port Trust sign set into a stone wall. — Close view of the carved port authority sign.

The final frame holds on the Karachi Port Trust sign, with dark frame edges and soft 8mm color. — Final hold on the Karachi Port Trust sign.

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