India-1947: Passengers on Vessel with Coastal Mountains Ahead

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Year1947
Decade1940s
LocationIndia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1947 India

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Passengers on Vessel with Coastal Mountains Ahead — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a serene view from a moving vessel, likely a ferry or coastal boat, with a crowd of passengers visible on the deck. The scene transitions from a bustling port with large ships and industrial cranes to a wide expanse of blue ocean water and distant mountainous coastline under a clear sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, natural color fading, and visible film grain, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century travel and maritime life in India.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124757678

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing 1940s India travel footage, maritime departure atmosphere, or a brief coastal landscape insert for documentary and museum edits.
Period detail: The port scene may show mid-century passenger or harbor activity, with large vessels, cranes, and a crowded deck visible before the view opens to sea and coastline.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective from a moving vessel, shifting from crowded dockside observation to a quiet look across open water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a harbor crowd, large ships, industrial cranes, vessel rail or deck edges, blue water, distant hills, clear sky, and worn film borders.
Film character: Soft 8mm focus, faded color, gate edges, dust, scratches, and slight handheld instability give the scene a physical home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a travel transition, maritime cutaway, place-setting insert, or memory beat between port activity and open-water movement.
Historical context: The footage visually situates coastal travel in India through harbor infrastructure, passenger presence, and a distant mountainous shoreline without identifying a specific port.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status should be checked separately from likeness or property issues.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1940s India 8mm harbor footage, vintage coastal boat travel, blue ocean and mountain shoreline, or home-movie maritime scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other India 1947 travel material, then broader vintage harbor, ferry, ocean, or mountainous coastline footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 India home-movie frame showing a busy harbor with large vessels, cranes, and a crowd gathered near the waterfront. — Crowds and harbor vessels appear near industrial cranes at the waterfront.

A second 1947 India harbor view shows passengers or onlookers along the waterfront with ships and cranes behind them. — The harbor remains crowded, with ships and cranes filling the background.

The view shifts from harbor activity to open blue water and a hazy mountainous coastline, consistent with a moving vessel perspective in India. — Blue water stretches toward a low mountainous shoreline in the distance.

A 1947 India coastal view shows a distant hilly shoreline across blue water, with dust, scratches, and soft 8mm color visible. — A hilly coast sits beyond the blue water as the vessel continues moving.

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