India-1970: A Cobra Coiled in Cloth Raises Head as Charmer Waves Rod

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A Cobra Coiled in Cloth Raises Head as Charmer Waves Rod — Clip Details

A cobra coils in a cloth-lined basket, its hood flared and head raised in a defensive posture. A snake charmer manipulates a rod nearby, likely playing a flute, as the snake reacts to the movement. The scene unfolds in warm, earthy tones with visible film grain, characteristic of 8mm home movie footage from India in the 1970s. The setting appears rustic, with woven baskets and patterned textiles surrounding the reptile. The camera remains steady, capturing the tense interaction between human and animal in a traditional performance.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125010288

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 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 for documentary or museum edits needing a close view of a cobra responding during a traditional snake-charmer performance.
Period detail: The woven basket, patterned cloths, simple rod, and warm 8mm color may show a tourist or home-movie record of snake charming in India around 1970.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, staying close on the cobra and surrounding textiles rather than staging a formal wildlife study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a hooded cobra, cloth-lined basket, patterned textiles, a woven container, a pale rod, dusty ground, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture with visible grain, warm color, mild softness, and contact-frame borders that support its archival home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a tense insert, travel cutaway, animal reaction shot, or brief memory beat within a sequence about India or street performance.
Historical context: The scene visually documents a cobra display associated with snake charming, while the exact performer, location, and circumstances are not identified in the frames.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or private interiors are visible, but animal-use context and underlying film copyright should still be reviewed before publication.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1970s India 8mm cobra, snake charmer home movie, hooded cobra in basket, and archival snake performance footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other India 1970 footage, and finally broader archival material on traditional performances or reptiles.

Still Frames From This Clip

1970s India 8mm frame showing a cobra coiled in patterned cloth, head raised, with a rod and woven basket nearby. — A cobra raises its head from a cloth-lined basket while a pale rod rests nearby.

1970s India 8mm frame with a hooded cobra upright in a shallow cloth-lined basket on dusty ground. — The cobra holds its hood open inside a cloth-lined basket.

1970s India 8mm frame showing a cobra upright in a basket while a pale rod is waved close to its hood. — A rod moves close to the cobra as it remains raised in the basket.

1970s India 8mm close frame of a hooded cobra raised from a cloth-lined basket with patterned fabric around it. — The cobra stays upright in a close view framed by cloth and film borders.

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