Yala National Park 1980 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1980. It contains stock footage of Yala National Park (Ruhuna National Park): views from the coach entering the park, the National Park vintage sign, the typical Sri Lankan wetland environment, footage of animals including wild water buffaloes, chitals, great stone-curlew waterbirds, monitor lizards, […]
Sri Lanka 1980s: The traditional dance archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1980. It contains stock footage of a traditional dance show performed for tourists in Kandy: a man playing drums, women wearing typical Sri Lankan attire performing a dance routine, a man performing a solo act, a group of men in traditional Sri Lankan […]
Sri Lanka 1980s: The market archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1980. It contains stock footage of a village market: vendors selling knives, spices, and vegetables; vendors preparing street food for people walking among the stalls; local people heading to the market; views from the tourist coach driving back to the hotel; and more. […]
Sri Lanka 1980s: The beach archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1980. It contains stock footage of a beach with foreign tourists, probably in the city of Negombo: panoramas of the beach and Indian Ocean, typical Sri Lankan fishing boats on the shore, a tourist parasailing with a motorboat, fishermen’s boats sailing near the […]
Sri Lanka 1980s: Fishermen archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1980. It contains stock footage of fishermen working in various locations in the country: fishermen emptying their nets on the beach, local people buying fish near the boats, typical Sri Lankan fishing boats sailing near the coastline, fishermen fishing with rods while sitting […]
Sri Lanka 1980s: Farmers archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1980. It contains stock footage of farmers working in various locations in the country: rice cultivation, workers picking rice from fields, oxen plowing the fields, panoramic views of rice fields, women picking tea from fields and walking with baskets full of leaves on […]
Sigiriya Frescoes 1980 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1980. It contains stock footage of the city of Sigiriya: people standing in front of the Sigiriya Lion Gate, frescoes of women, mostly naked, painted around 480 AD as a tapestry that extends in a gigantic band around Sigiriya Rock, and more. The […]
Polonnaruwa 1980 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1980. It contains stock footage of the archaeological complex of Polonnaruwa: Sathmahal Prasada step pyramid, Vatadage ruins, Hatadage relic shrine, Thuparama Gedige, Gal Vihara reclining Buddha statue, Rankot Vehera stupa, and more. The price to download the video without the watermark and use […]
Negombo 1980 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1980. It contains stock footage of the city of Negombo: cars parked under a colonial-style house outside town, portraits of local people in the street, boats docking on the Maha Oya River, a family selling fish along the street, tourists and locals walking […]
Mihintale 1980 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1980. It contains stock footage of Mihintale, a mountain peak near Anuradhapura: tourists and monks visiting Maha Stupa (Ruwanweli Maha Seya), Ambasthala Dagaba, a small stupa surrounded by stone pillars, the Mihintale Stone Statue of King Tissa, panoramas of the Mihintale mountain peak, […]
Kandy 1980 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1980. It contains stock footage of the city of Kandy: a panoramic view of Kandy Lake (Kiri Muhuda or the Sea of Milk), people visiting the Sri Dalada Maligawa – Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic Buddhist temple, street scenes of men, women, […]
Galle 1980 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1980. It contains stock footage of the city of Galle: details of a plaque at the Dutch Warehouse, panoramas of the Meeran Jumma Mosque and Dutch Fort standing in front of the Indian Ocean, a young snake charmer performing for foreign visitors, and […]
Anuradhapura 1980 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1980. It contains stock footage of the city of Anuradhapura: people visiting Vihara Temple, the Sandakada Pahana (Moonstone) at the entrance to the Polonnaruwa Vatadage, monks walking to the temples, the Mahadharmaraksita (Ruwanwelisaya) Great Stupa, Thuparamaya Buddhist Temple, and more. The price to […]
Sri Lanka 1980s: The village archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1982 It contains stock footage of a small village on the beach: a child taking water from a well, cows and goats grazing, portraits of local people, shops by the ocean selling local handmade products, a group of women playing drums, and more. […]
Sri Lanka 1980s: The boat trip archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1982. It contains stock footage of a Madu River boat ride made by a group of European tourists: the small boat leaving the port, a train passing, local people laundering clothes in the river, a man showing a baby crocodile to tourists, nature […]
Sri Lanka 1980s: The beach archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1982 It contains stock footage of a few beaches of the country: a man climbing a palm tree, local people running souvenir stands, fishermen boats parked in the sand, tourists walking on the shore, and more. The price to download the video without […]
Sri Lanka 1980s: Hotels archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1982 It contains stock footage of hotels in various locations: Cinnamon Lodge in Habarana (receptionists, the hotel sign, the swimming pool, a peacock), other luxury hotels (rooms, the lodges, guests having lunch), and more. The price to download the video without the watermark […]
Sri Lanka 1980s: Fishermen archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1982 It contains stock footage of fishermen in various locations: fishermen pushing their boats to the beach, fishermen taking the fish from the nets, fishermen fishing with the rod on the shore, people buying fish from an improvised market on the beach, a […]
Sri Lanka 1980s: Elephants archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1982 It contains stock footage of elephants in various locations, including the city of Beruwala: local people showcasing their elephants to tourists, tourists riding elephants on a beach, elephants walking on a river, elephants pulling woods in the jungle, and more. The price […]
Ruwanwelisaya 1982 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1982 It contains stock footage of the city of Ruwanwelisaya, a stupa in Anuradhapura: visitors walking to the stupa, elephant sculptures, Buddha statues, and more. The price to download the video without the watermark and use it in your production is 597 euro: […]
Kandy 1982 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1982 It contains stock footage of the city of Kandy: views from the window of the coach while heading to the city, panoramas of Kandy and its lake, crowds walking in an outdoor market, Kandy clock, Sri Dalada Maligawa, and more. The price […]
Galle 1982 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1982 It contains stock footage of the city of Galle: views from the window of the car in the street including the Face Regency Hotel and the crowd walking in an outdoor market, Galle Fort and lighthouse, an Hindu Temple (probably Murugan Kovil […]
Dambulla 1982 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1982 It contains stock footage of the Golden Rock Temple in Dambulla: stands with souvenirs for tourists, monkeys asking visitors for food, the Vahalkada Entrance to the Temple, panoramas of the valley, the Royal Cave Temple, and more. The price to download the […]
Colombo 1982 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1982 It contains stock footage of the city of Colombo, mostly views from the window of the car: St Anthony’s Church, Gaffoor Building, the BMICH (Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall), and more. The price to download the video without the watermark and use […]
Anuradhapura 1982 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1982 It contains stock footage of the city of Anuradhapura: European tourists visiting Isurumuniya Temple, sculptures, the Elephant Pond Carving, Sri Maha Bodhi Buddhist Temple, and more. The price to download the video without the watermark and use it in your production is […]
Negombo 1962 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while living in Ceylon, today’s Sri Lanka, in 1962. It contains stock footage of various places of Negombo, a city in the Western Province of the country: local people and European citizens relaxing on the beach, fishermen in traditional fishing boats, and more. The price to download the […]
Galle 1962 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while living in Ceylon, today’s Sri Lanka, in 1962. It contains stock footage of various places of Galle, a major city in the southern part of the country: the lighthouse, fishermen fishing on the beach, Galle Port and harbor, and more. The price to download the video without […]
Kandy 1962 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while living in Ceylon, today’s Sri Lanka, in 1962. It contains stock footage of various places of Kandy, a major city located in the Central Province: men washing elephants in the river, the Temple of the Tooth Buddhist temple, panoramas of the city, and more. The price to […]
Colombo 1962 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while living in Ceylon, today’s Sri Lanka, in 1962. It contains stock footage of various places of Colombo, the largest city of the country: a Boac Airlines plane on the strip of the airport, an elephant carrying vegetables in the street, animals of Dehiwala Zoological Garden, an elephant […]
Kandy (Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya) 1982 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting Sri Lanka in 1982. It contains stock footage of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya, a suburb of Kandy: European tourists entering the gardens, signs indicating different areas within the gardens, a wide variety of plants, ponds, flowers, gardeners working, cows pulling carriages, the Royal Garden […]
Sigiriya rock 1982 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while touring Sri Lanka in 1982. It contains stock footage of Sigiriya (Sinhagiri) rock, an ancient rock fortress located in the northern Matale District: views from the coach window while approaching the rock, tourists climbing the steps to reach the peak, the mirror wall and spiral stairs leading […]
Polonnaruwa 1982 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker white touring Sri Lanka in 1982. It contains stock footage of the ancient city of Polonnaruwa: the statue of Parakramabahuthe, the archaeological site, the Sacred Quadrangle, stands for tourists with food and souvenirs, the giant Buddhas statues, and more. The price to download the video without the watermark […]
Mihintale 1982 archive footage
Archival footage originally shot by an amateur filmmaker white touring Sri Lanka in 1982 It contains stock footage of Mihintale, a mountain peak near Anuradhapura: tourists in the steps carved in rock on their way to the mountain peak, the Maha Stupa white cupola, the Aradhana Gala, panoramas from the mountain top, and more. The […]
Sri Lanka 1982 Archive Footage
Archival footage originally shot by an amateur filmmaker white touring Sri Lanka in 1982. It contains stock footage of various places of the country: Muthumariamman Thevasthanam in the city of Matale, Thuparama dagoba (a Buddhist religious building) in the city of Anuradhapura, Avukana Buddha statue near the city of Kekirawa, Kalutara Chaitya in Kalutara District, […]