India-1947: Young Woman Dancing in Traditional Lehenga and Sari

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Year1947
Decade1940s
LocationIndia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1947 India

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Young Woman Dancing in Traditional Lehenga and Sari — Clip Details

A young woman in a vibrant traditional Indian outfit performs a graceful dance outdoors in this 1947 8mm home movie. She wears a striking red lehenga paired with a light green sari draped over a dark blouse, her movements fluid as she poses with one hand raised and the other on her hip. The scene unfolds in a garden setting with a white pillar and manicured hedges visible in the background, captured in the warm, slightly faded colors characteristic of vintage Super 8 film. The footage exudes a nostalgic, archival charm, offering a rare glimpse of mid-20th century Indian cultural expression.

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: 124756826

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

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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: 1940s India home-movie footage suited to documentary or museum edits needing a brief view of a young woman performing a traditional-style outdoor dance.
Period detail: The clothing, small-gauge color film texture, garden setting, and metadata-supported 1947 India date place the scene in a mid-20th-century home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The performer poses and dances for the camera with a direct, informal presence, giving the clip the feel of a family or social occasion filmed at close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young woman in a red skirt and pale green drape, dark blouse, raised hand poses, garden lawn, trimmed hedges, flowers, and a white pillar.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and contact-print framing that add useful small-gauge archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cultural memory beat, insert, or transition within sequences about Indian family life, dance, dress, or postwar home movies.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a woman performing dance gestures in traditional clothing outdoors, without enough context to identify the occasion or dance form.
Research note: A visible identifiable person requires likeness review, while copyright, performance, and location rights should be assessed separately before commercial use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1947 India 8mm home movie woman dancing, vintage Indian traditional dress garden dance, and 1940s Indian family film dance footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other India 1947 material, then related 1940s home movies of dance, dress, gardens, and family gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

In metadata-supported 1947 India footage, a young woman poses mid-dance in traditional clothing near a garden pillar and hedges. — Young woman holds a raised-arm dance pose outdoors beside a white pillar and low hedge.

The dancer faces the camera in a garden setting, wearing a red skirt, pale green drape, and dark blouse in 1947 India home-movie footage. — The dancer faces the camera with one hand raised and one hand at her waist.

A young woman in traditional clothing moves through a dance pose outdoors, with flowers, grass, hedges, and a white pillar visible. — The performer moves closer in frame as flowers and hedges appear beside the garden pillar.

At the end of the clip, the young woman turns in a dance gesture near the pillar and hedges, with red fabric visible by her shoulder. — The dancer turns through a final gesture, framed by the garden pillar, hedges, and lawn.

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