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India-1970: Women Balancing Baskets on Dirt Road

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  • Year1970
  • Decade1970s
  • LocationIndia
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD

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Women Balancing Baskets on Dirt Road — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1970, this vintage home movie captures rural life in India. The footage opens on a rustic wooden cart loaded with metal buckets and ropes, set against a backdrop of palm trees. The scene transitions to a dirt path where women walk barefoot, balancing baskets of food on their heads. One woman in a light-colored dress carries a bundle, moving through a dry, sun-drenched landscape with tall trees. The film exhibits natural grain and color shifts typical of Super 8 footage, evoking a nostalgic, authentic slice of daily life in 1970s 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
125009457

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.

Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

  • People visible: Yes
  • Minors visible: Yes
  • 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 1024 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label
snake,mongoose,fight
Reel-level year note
1970
Reel-level location note
kenya,india
Date
1970 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

  • animal
  • pen
  • buckets
  • trough
  • women
  • walking
  • balancing
  • food
  • head
  • walk
  • dirt
  • road
  • heads
  • leaving
  • people
  • india
  • 1970
  • 1970s India
  • women balancing food
  • head carrying
  • rural India
  • 8mm home movie
  • vintage Super 8
  • documentary footage
  • archival film
  • old film
  • retro footage
  • traditional life
  • rural lifestyle
  • Indian women
  • dirt road
  • palm trees
  • 1970s footage
  • vintage film
  • historical footage
  • nostalgic clip
  • cultural documentary

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