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

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Year1947
Decade1940s
LocationIndia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1947 India

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Young Indian Woman Performing Ceremonial Dance in... — Clip Details

A young Indian woman in traditional attire performs a graceful ceremonial dance in a garden setting, captured on 8mm film in 1947. She wears a vibrant green sari with a red skirt and black blouse, her movements fluid and expressive against a backdrop of blooming red flowers and a stone structure. The footage shows natural daylight and the characteristic grain and color palette of vintage home movies, offering a rare glimpse of cultural tradition from mid-20th century India.

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: 124756991

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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.

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 for documentary or museum sequences needing a brief view of a young woman performing a traditional dance outdoors.
Period detail: The sari-style clothing, garden setting, saturated color, and 8mm texture support a mid-20th-century home-movie reading without identifying a specific site.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an informal personal recording, with the performer moving naturally for a nearby camera rather than a staged studio setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young woman dancing, green draped fabric, a red skirt, a black blouse, red flowers, lawn, hedges, and a pale stone garden structure.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, saturated color, and contact-sheet framing that give the footage clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cultural insert, memory beat, or short transition within sequences about family films, dance, clothing, or postwar-era India.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a woman performing in traditional dress in a garden, but it should not be treated as evidence of a named ceremony without research.
Research note: A recognizable person is visible, so likeness and cultural-context review may be needed in addition to any copyright assessment for the underlying film.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1940s India 8mm home movie dance, Indian woman sari garden footage, and vintage ceremonial dance home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with India footage from 1947, then with other mid-century home movies showing traditional dress, dance, or outdoor family scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In archival 1947 India home-movie footage, a young woman in a green drape and red skirt dances in a garden setting. — A young woman performs a dance movement in a garden with flowers and a pale stone structure behind her.

A young woman in traditional-looking clothing dances on a lawn in India, with flowers and a stone structure visible behind her. — The dancer turns with one arm lifted, framed by garden plants and a pale architectural feature.

The dancer appears closer to the camera, raising both arms as the 8mm footage records her movement in a garden. — A closer view shows the performer with both arms lifted during the outdoor dance.

A young woman in a green drape and red skirt continues her dance in a garden, captured with soft 8mm color and grain. — The performer extends her arms while dancing beside hedges and red flowers in the garden.

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