India-1970: Crouching Man Playing Music For Cobra In Basket Outdoors

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Year1970
Decade1970s
LocationIndia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Crouching Man Playing Music For Cobra In Basket Outdoors — Clip Details

A man in a yellow shirt crouches on a stone pavement in India during the 1970s, performing with a cobra in a traditional snake charming act. He handles a round stone lid and a basket, then plays a wind instrument to coax the snake into a striking pose. The 8mm film captures the scene with warm, saturated colors and natural grain, offering authentic archival footage of street performance and cultural tradition.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 125009602

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: Yes

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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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s India 8mm footage suited to documentary or museum edits needing a brief street-performance insert with a snake charmer and cobra basket.
Period detail: The clothing, handheld 8mm color, stone pavement, and street-level setup may show a 1970s tourist or home-movie view of an outdoor performance in India.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has visitor-shot value, watching from above as the crouching performer handles the basket, lid, snake, and wind instrument during a public act.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a crouching man in a yellow shirt, round lid, cloth-covered basket, cobra, wind instrument, stone pavement, and partial onlookers.
Film character: Warm saturated 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, and slight handheld framing give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, cultural street-performance insert, travel-memory beat, or transition within India archive sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents a visible street performance practice without confirming the performer’s identity, exact city, venue, or circumstances beyond the supplied India metadata.
Research note: People and a visible snake are present, with audible performance music noted; copyright, likeness, animal-use, and location context should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1970s India 8mm snake charmer, cobra basket street performer, vintage home movie India, and traditional outdoor performance footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other India 1970 travel footage, then related street performers, markets, musicians, or human-animal performance scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1970s India footage, a crouching man in a yellow shirt handles a round lid near a cloth-covered basket during an outdoor act. — The performer crouches on stone pavement and lifts the round lid near the covered basket.

The crouching performer positions the round lid over the basket area on a stone-paved outdoor surface in India. — The man leans forward, placing or removing the lid from the basket setup.

The performer crouches with a wind instrument in hand, with the round lid and cloth-covered basket on the pavement before him. — The performer holds the instrument as the basket and lid remain on the ground in front of him.

In 1970s India, the crouching man plays a wind instrument as a cobra rises from the basket on the stone pavement. — The cobra rises from the basket while the performer plays the wind instrument beside it.

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