India-1947: Young Woman Dances in Garden in Traditional Sari

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Year1947
Decade1940s
LocationIndia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1947 India

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Young Woman Dances in Garden in Traditional Sari — Clip Details

A young woman in a traditional sari dances gracefully in a sunlit garden in India, 1947. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures her expressive hand gestures and joyful movements in front of a large house with blooming flowers. Her light green and red sari flows as she performs, embodying cultural elegance. The warm, slightly faded colors and film grain enhance the nostalgic, vintage quality of this home movie. This authentic archival clip offers a rare glimpse into mid-20th century Indian life and dance traditions.

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: 124757249

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: Useful for 1940s India editorial projects needing home-movie footage of a young woman dancing in a garden setting.
Period detail: The sari, domestic garden, flowering plants, and 8mm color home-movie look may show upper- or middle-class everyday life in India in the late 1940s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an informal home-movie quality, with the dancer performing directly for a nearby camera rather than for a staged public audience.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young woman in a light green and red sari, expressive hand gestures, flowering plants, a sunlit building facade, garden shadows, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, color fading, and handheld framing consistent with scanned 8mm film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cultural memory beat, domestic-life insert, or visual transition within a sequence about Indian family life or dance.
Historical context: The frames offer visual context for private or informal dance performance in a garden, without enough evidence to identify the dance form, family, residence, or region.
Research note: Faces are visible and likeness rights may require review, while copyright, performer identity, and the status of the house or garden setting should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Likely researcher matches include 1940s India home movie, 8mm sari dance in garden, young Indian woman dancing, and vintage Indian family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other India 1947 footage, and then with related clips showing dance, sari dress, gardens, or domestic outdoor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In India, 1947, a young woman in a light green and red sari dances in a sunlit garden beside flowering plants and a pale building facade. — Young woman dancing in a garden.

In India, 1947, the dancer turns with raised arms in front of flowering plants and the exterior wall of a large house or building. — Dancer with raised arms near flowers.

Profile view of the garden dance.

In India, 1947, the dancer faces the camera with crossed hands, framed by flowering plants and the sunlit exterior of a large building. — Dancer facing camera with crossed hands.

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