Bombay India-1946: Vintage Video Of Sailboats

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

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Vintage Video Of Sailboats — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures several traditional dhow sailboats gliding across the calm waters off Bombay, India. The footage, viewed through a film frame with visible grain and scratches, shows white-sailed vessels under an overcast sky, their sails catching the wind as they move across the turquoise sea. The scene evokes a sense of quiet maritime life in mid-century India, with the camera remaining steady, offering a nostalgic glimpse into daily coastal activity.

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: 124754074

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: Useful for 1940s maritime, India, or coastal travel productions needing a brief archival cutaway of sailboats off Bombay.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-1940s coastal traffic through small white-sailed boats on open water, supported by the 1946 Bombay metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The steady distant framing gives the scene a quiet visitor-shot perspective, observing sailboats as part of everyday harbor or coastal life.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm sea, low horizon, overcast sky, white sails, small boat hulls, dark film-frame borders, and surface wear.
Film character: The 8mm color scan shows soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, scratches, and slightly muted exposure that identify it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a coastal insert, travel transition, maritime cutaway, or reflective memory beat within a 1940s India sequence.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for sail-powered coastal movement near Bombay without identifying a landmark, vessel owner, or specific harbor activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and contextual claims separately from likeness or property issues.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1946 Bombay sailboats, 1940s India coastal footage, vintage 8mm dhow boats, and home movie sea travel India.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Bombay material, then broader 1940s maritime or sailboat footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay home-movie frame showing distant white-sailed boats on calm water with visible 8mm gate edges and film wear. — Distant sailboats move across calm water off Bombay in a 1946 8mm home-movie frame.

A 1946 Bombay coastal frame with two distant sailboats, soft color, low horizon, and dark 8mm frame edges. — White-sailed boats sit near the horizon line in this soft 8mm coastal view.

1946 Bombay home-movie view of separated sailboats on calm coastal water, with soft focus and visible film texture. — Separated sailboats cross the frame against a quiet sea and cloudy sky.

Final 1946 Bombay frame showing white-sailed boats on muted water, with scratches, dust marks, and dark gate edges. — Distant white sails remain visible on the muted sea as the 8mm frame shows scratches and dust.

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