Bombay India-1946: Dhow Sailboats on Ocean Water from Boat

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationBombay, India
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Bombay India

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Dhow Sailboats on Ocean Water from Boat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a serene view from a boat on the ocean near Bombay, India. Two traditional dhow sailboats with white triangular sails glide across calm waters under a muted, overcast sky. The footage, marked by natural film grain and soft color tones, shows the boats moving slowly in the distance, offering a nostalgic glimpse of maritime life and transportation along the Indian coast during the mid-20th century.

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: 124754066

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 1725 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: reel 1
Reel-level year note: 1946
Reel-level location note: india
Date: 1946 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: Bombay, 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: 1940s Bombay coastal footage suited for documentary inserts on maritime travel, harbor approaches, or everyday small-boat movement in archival sequences.
Period detail: The small sailboats with triangular white sails may show mid-century coastal craft, with the 1946 Bombay setting supported by the supplied clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The view feels visitor-shot from another boat, holding distant sailboats on calm water without staging or visible performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open sea, hazy horizon, two or more small sailboats, white triangular sails, muted sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, subdued color, slight exposure falloff, and contact-sheet framing that add physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet cutaway, travel transition, coastal establishing insert, or reflective memory beat within a Bombay or maritime sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually places small sailing craft on calm water near Bombay, offering coastal atmosphere without proving a specific route, harbor, or vessel type.
Research note: No people, logos, music, or private property are visible, but copyright, source ownership, and any location-specific use should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1946 Bombay 8mm sailboats, India coastal home movie, small boats on ocean, or archival dhow-like sailing craft.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1946 Bombay or India coastal footage, then broader ocean travel, sailboat, and maritime transportation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay home-movie frame showing distant small sailboats on calm ocean water beneath a muted horizon. — Small sailboats move across calm coastal water near Bombay.

Distant small sailboats with pale triangular sails on the water near Bombay, seen through soft 8mm framing. — Distant sailboats pass across a hazy ocean view.

1946 Bombay coastal frame with a small sailboat in the distance on muted blue-green water. — A small sailboat appears against the calm sea and pale sky.

Soft 8mm view of a distant sailboat on calm water near Bombay, with dark film borders visible. — A distant sailboat crosses the quiet coastal water.

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