India-1947: A Young Woman Dressed In An Odalisque Dancing With Her Hands And

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Year1947
Decade1940s
LocationIndia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1947 India

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A Young Woman Dressed In An Odalisque Dancing With Her... — Clip Details

A young woman in a light green sari with gold jewelry performs traditional Indian dance movements in this 1947 8mm home movie. Her hands move gracefully in expressive mudras, adorned with bangles and rings, while she wears a gold necklace and earrings. The footage captures her serene expression and elegant posture against a dark, indistinct background, showcasing the vibrant colors and film grain of vintage Super 8 footage. This archival clip offers a glimpse into mid-20th century Indian cultural performance.

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: 124757073

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

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 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 a brief home-movie view of a young woman performing classical-style hand dance gestures for documentary or cultural-history edits.
Period detail: The light green sari, gold-toned jewelry, bangles and soft 8mm color may show mid-20th-century dress and performance styling, supported by the 1947 clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The performer appears posed for a close home-movie camera, holding a calm expression while demonstrating hand movements rather than performing on a public stage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young woman, light green sari, patterned blouse, gold-toned necklace, bangles, rings, raised hands and a dark interior backdrop.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure and slight color shifts that give the short performance a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cultural cutaway, memory beat or transition within sequences about Indian home movies, dance, dress or family-filmed performance.
Historical context: The clip offers a domestic or informal filmed view of Indian dance gesture and adornment, but the frames do not identify the performer, occasion or exact setting.
Research note: A visible adult face and likeness require review; copyright, performer permission and any cultural-context permissions should be assessed separately before use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1947 India 8mm home movie dance, young woman sari jewelry hand gestures, vintage Indian dance mudras and mid-century color home footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other India 1947 home movies, then related clips showing traditional dance, sari dress, jewelry details or informal performance.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1947 India home-movie footage, a young woman in a light green sari and gold-toned jewelry raises one hand in a dance gesture. — A young woman poses with one hand raised beside her face, wearing a sari and jewelry.

The performer in a light green sari and jewelry holds her hands near her shoulder in a poised dance movement. — The dancer brings her hands together near her shoulder during the brief home-movie shot.

A young woman in sari and jewelry looks downward as one hand moves across her chest in the 8mm dance footage. — The performer looks down softly while continuing a controlled hand movement.

Close framing emphasizes the dancer's bangled and ringed hands gesturing over the folds of a light green sari. — A close view shows ornate jewelry on the dancer's hands as she gestures over the sari fabric.

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