India-1947: Woman In Traditional Saree Performs Cultural Ritual With Brass Pot

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Year1947
Decade1940s
LocationIndia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1947 India

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Woman In Traditional Saree Performs Cultural Ritual With... — Clip Details

A young woman in a traditional Indian saree with a light green blouse and red skirt performs a cultural ritual outdoors in 1947. She holds a large brass pot, walking gracefully across a grassy area near a white pillar and flowering plants. The 8mm film captures her smiling as she sets the pot down and stands with hands clasped. Warm sunlight and deep shadows highlight the vibrant colors and vintage grain of this authentic home movie footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 124756801

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$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.

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1729 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: raja daughter dancing
Reel-level year note: 1947
Reel-level location note: india
Date: 1947 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 India archival requests needing brief home-movie footage of traditional dress, cultural performance, or domestic ceremonial gesture.
Period detail: The color 8mm image may show mid-20th-century dress and garden architecture, with a woman wearing a saree-like drape and carrying a brass pot.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the informal value of a person performing for a small camera, smiling, walking, bending, and posing rather than appearing in a staged studio setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in traditional dress, a brass pot, grass, a white pillar, flowering plants, deep shadows, and a garden wall or exterior backdrop.
Film character: The scan carries soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, uneven exposure, and saturated home-movie color that situate it as physical 8mm footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, cultural cutaway, memory beat, or transition within material about family life, dress, ritual, or India in the 1940s.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for a woman presenting a traditional gesture outdoors, but the exact ceremony, community, and setting are not identifiable from the frames alone.
Research note: A visible adult face and traditional ritual context require likeness and cultural-sensitivity review, separate from any copyright assessment of the film source.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s India home movie woman in saree, brass pot ritual footage, Indian cultural dance 8mm, and vintage garden performance.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with India 1947 material, then with clips showing traditional dress, family ceremony, dance, or brass vessels.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1947 India home-movie footage, a woman in a light green drape and red skirt holds a brass pot beside a white garden pillar. — A woman stands in sunlight holding a brass pot during an outdoor traditional performance.

In 1947 India, the woman smiles while walking outdoors with a brass pot, framed by grass, flowers, and a pale pillar. — The woman carries the pot across a garden-like setting with strong sunlight and shadow.

The woman bends down in the garden setting, appearing to set a brass pot on the grass during the brief 1947 India clip. — The performer lowers the brass pot toward the ground beside flowering plants.

In the final frame, the woman stands smiling with hands clasped near a white pillar, with the brass pot visible low at the edge of the grass. — The woman finishes the gesture standing upright with hands clasped in the garden.

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