India-1970: Snake Charmer Playing Flute to Coiled Snake on Dusty Ground

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Year1970
Decade1970s
LocationIndia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Snake Charmer Playing Flute to Coiled Snake on Dusty Ground — Clip Details

A man in traditional clothing plays a flute to a coiled snake on dusty ground in India, 1970. The snake, with a patterned yellow and black body, remains still as the musician sits cross-legged beside woven baskets and metal containers. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures a moment of traditional snake charming with warm, slightly faded colors and natural film grain. The scene shifts to a close-up of the snake's head before cutting to a riverside promenade with people, bicycles, and vintage vehicles, suggesting a bustling urban environment.

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: 125010335

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

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: Useful for 1970s India archive requests needing brief editorial footage of snake charming, street performance, or travel home-movie observation.
Period detail: The frames may show 1970-era India through 8mm color stock, traditional clothing, woven baskets, bicycles, and older vehicles on a promenade.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, observing a snake charmer at ground level before cutting to bystanders and bicycles along a public walkway.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated flute player, patterned snake, woven baskets, metal containers, dusty ground, onlookers, bicycles, and roadside vehicles.
Film character: The 8mm image has warm faded color, visible grain, soft focus in the snake close-ups, and handheld framing typical of home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cultural insert, travel-memory beat, animal-performance cutaway, or transition from close observation to street life.
Historical context: The footage documents a public performance encounter and nearby urban movement without identifying the people, exact city, or social setting beyond India metadata.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and contextual review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Matches searches for 8mm 1970s India snake charmer footage, home movie snake performance, flute player with snake, and vintage Indian street scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1970 India travel footage, then broader vintage street performance or animal-handler scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1970 India home-movie frame of a seated snake charmer beside a patterned snake, woven baskets, cloth bundle, and metal containers. — A seated performer plays near a snake and baskets on dusty ground.

Close 8mm view of a patterned snake on dusty ground in the India snake-charmer sequence. — A patterned snake is shown in close-up on the ground.

Soft-focus 8mm close-up of the snake's head and body during the India home-movie sequence. — The camera moves close to the snake, leaving the head softly blurred.

1970 India home-movie frame showing onlookers, bicycles, vehicles, and a seated performer along a public promenade. — Onlookers and bicycles line the path as a seated performer works nearby.

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