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Bombay India-1946: Life in the 1940s with Oxen and Taj Mahal Palace Hotel

  • Year1946
  • Decade1940s
  • LocationBombay, India
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1946 Bombay India
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Life in the 1940s with Oxen and Taj Mahal Palace Hotel — Clip Details

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.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
124754087

Rights & Clearance

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

  • People visible: No
  • Logos / trademarks: Yes
  • 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 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Bombay, India Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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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Topics & Keywords

  • cows
  • city
  • old city
  • europe
  • beasts
  • traveling
  • life
  • 1900
  • education
  • bombay india
  • 1946
  • 1946 Bombay India footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Super 8 home movie
  • Taj Mahal Palace Hotel
  • oxen pulling cart
  • Indian street scene
  • mid-century India
  • archival footage
  • historic Bombay
  • 8mm film grain
  • old city India
  • documentary style
  • vintage travel footage
  • Indian urban life
  • retro film
  • classic home movie
  • 1940s India
  • nostalgic footage
  • editorial use
  • historical archive

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1940s Bombay city-life requests needing visitor-shot 8mm material of waterfront landmarks and street transport.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay home-movie frame showing the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel area across water through haze and soft focus.
Distant waterfront view of the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel area in hazy light.

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