India-1947: Young Woman in Sari Performing Traditional Indian Dance

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Year1947
Decade1940s
LocationIndia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1947 India

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Young Woman in Sari Performing Traditional Indian Dance — Clip Details

A young woman in a vibrant sari performs a traditional Indian dance outdoors in 1947. She wears a light green blouse with a red and white sari, her movements graceful and expressive as she gestures with her hands. The scene is shot on 8mm film, showing natural sunlight and shadows on a grassy lawn beside a white pillar. Her joyful expression and fluid motions capture a moment of cultural celebration, preserved in vintage home movie footage.

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: 124756873

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or museum edits needing 1940s India home-movie footage of a young woman performing traditional dance outdoors.
Period detail: The 8mm color look, sari styling, lawn setting, and metadata-supported 1947 date place the scene in late-1940s India without identifying a specific site.
Home-movie behavior: The performer appears relaxed and expressive for the camera, giving the clip the intimate feel of a family or visitor-filmed cultural moment.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a young woman in a light green and red sari, hand gestures, a grassy lawn, trimmed hedge, white pillar, deep shadows, and handheld framing.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and contact-frame edges give the brief scene a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, cultural cutaway, memory beat, or transition within a sequence about everyday life, performance, or South Asian family films.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a woman presenting dance gestures in an outdoor domestic or garden-like setting, but the footage does not identify the occasion or dance form.
Research note: A visible identifiable performer means likeness and cultural-context review may be needed; copyright status, permissions, and location/property rights should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1947 India 8mm home movie dance, young woman sari performance, vintage Indian cultural footage, and 1940s outdoor dance film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other India 1947 material, and then with broader archive clips of traditional dance, sari dress, or home-movie cultural gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

In metadata-supported 1947 India, a young woman in a light green and red sari begins a dance pose outdoors beside a white pillar and hedge. — A dancer stands on a lawn beside a white pillar, one arm raised in the opening pose.

The young woman continues an outdoor dance gesture in India, wearing a light green and red sari with a white pillar and lawn behind her. — The performer raises one arm and sets the other at her waist during the dance.

A young woman in a sari bends into an expressive dance movement outdoors, with hedge, lawn, and a distant figure visible in the background. — The dancer leans forward with both hands raised as the home-movie camera follows her motion.

The performer leans sideways in a dance gesture on a lawn in metadata-supported 1947 India, framed by a white pillar and long shadows. — The dancer finishes the brief sequence in a side-leaning pose with both hands lifted.

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