Bombay India-1946: White Building In The Distance Looks Misty From Across The Water

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

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White Building In The Distance Looks Misty From Across... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a misty view of Bombay, India, from across the water. The iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel stands prominently in the distance, its white facade softened by atmospheric haze. The scene is framed by the dark edges of a film projector or window, with visible grain, scratches, and light leaks characteristic of Super 8 footage. The calm sea stretches toward the city skyline, evoking a sense of nostalgia and historical charm. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of pre-independence Mumbai, perfect for documentaries, historical projects, or vintage-themed content.

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: 124754079

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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: Supports 1940s Bombay establishing material for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing a distant waterfront view of the city before independence.
Period detail: The frames may show the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and adjacent waterfront buildings softened by haze, with no visible vehicles, signage, or people to date the scene beyond the supplied 1946 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective from across the water, holding on a far landmark through a window-like or projector-framed view rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open water, a hazy skyline, a large pale domed building, neighboring waterfront structures, dark vertical frame edges, and dust or scratch marks on the scan.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, muted color, visible grain, gate shadows, minor scratches, and exposure haze that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, waterfront transition, travel-memory beat, or atmospheric cutaway before closer Bombay or India material.
Historical context: The view offers a calm waterfront glimpse of Bombay’s built environment from a distance, without visible street life or activity to support broader social claims.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but landmark and property identification should still be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1940s Bombay waterfront, 8mm India travel footage, Taj Mahal Palace distant view, misty harbor skyline, or pre-independence Bombay home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Bombay or India waterfront views, then broader travel footage of landmarks seen across water.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay waterfront view with a distant pale domed building softened by haze across the water. — A misty distant view of a pale waterfront landmark across the water.

A soft 1946 Bombay view across the harbor, with the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel area appearing in haze. — The waterfront landmark remains distant and partially softened by atmospheric haze.

Misty 1946 Bombay waterfront scene with a distant hotel-like landmark and surrounding buildings across the water. — A low-contrast frame holds on the distant skyline across the harbor.

Final 1946 Bombay frame showing the pale waterfront landmark and adjacent buildings through haze and film wear. — The shot ends with the landmark still distant, framed by dark vertical edges.

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