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Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures Bombay, India, with a distant view of the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel across the water, its iconic dome and architecture visible through a hazy lens. The scene transitions to a bustling street where two white oxen stand harnessed to a wooden cart, their horns prominent against a backdrop of a building with a sign reading 'HIGH CLASS WORK DONE HERE'. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, muted colors, and a nostalgic, documentary-style perspective of mid-20th century urban life in India.
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