India-1969: Snake Charmer Plays Flute to Cobra on Street

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationIndia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Snake Charmer Plays Flute to Cobra on Street — Clip Details

A man in a white shirt and dark vest crouches on a sun-dappled street in India, playing a flute to mesmerize a cobra with its hood raised. The 8mm film captures the scene in warm, slightly faded colors, with dappled sunlight filtering through trees onto the pavement. Spectators stand in the background, watching the traditional snake charmer performance. The footage has a grainy, nostalgic quality characteristic of vintage home movies from the late 1960s.

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: 125062487

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1969 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: India Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or museum edits needing late-1960s India street performance footage with a snake charmer, cobra, spectators, and visible home-movie texture.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color, and street-side performance may show a late-1960s visitor-recorded scene in India, consistent with the supplied 1969 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a visitor pausing to film a public performance, with the crouching performer, raised cobra, and nearby onlookers observed from a modest distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a crouching man in a white shirt and dark vest, a flute-like instrument, a cobra with raised hood, a round basket, pavement, tree shadows, stools, and spectators.
Film character: The footage shows dense 8mm grain, blue-purple shadow cast, soft focus, handheld framing, and dappled exposure shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, cultural street-life cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into a sequence about performance, animals, or visitor views of India.
Historical context: The frames show a public snake-charmer performance being watched in an outdoor setting, but they do not identify the city, performer, occasion, or audience relationship.
Research note: People and a performer are visible, a cobra is central, and audible music is flagged, so likeness, animal-use, cultural sensitivity, and music rights should be reviewed separately from film copyright.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1969 India 8mm snake charmer, cobra flute street performance, vintage home movie India animals, and archival footage of traditional performance.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then India footage from 1969, then broader 1960s street performance, travel, music, or animal encounter material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1969 India home-movie footage, a crouching man in a white shirt and vest faces a cobra with its hood raised near a round basket. — Snake charmer crouches on pavement as a cobra rises near a basket.

A snake charmer in India crouches on shaded pavement while a cobra faces him, with stools and standing spectators in the background. — The performer watches the raised cobra during the street performance.

The 8mm frame shows the crouching snake charmer leaning toward the cobra, with the basket and shaded pavement prominent in the foreground. — Closer framing emphasizes the performer, cobra, and basket.

The snake charmer remains crouched beside the cobra and basket, with strong tree shadows and background legs visible in the street scene. — The cobra stays upright as the crouching performer continues the act.

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