Bombay India-1946: Ornate Building and Gateway of India

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

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Ornate Building and Gateway of India — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures two iconic landmarks in Bombay, India. The first sequence shows an ornate, historic building with domed turrets and arched openings, likely a public pavilion or kiosk, with laundry hanging nearby. The scene transitions to the majestic Gateway of India, its grand archway and Indo-Saracenic architecture standing prominently against a hazy sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and a nostalgic, archival quality, offering a rare glimpse of mid-20th century Mumbai.

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: 124754107

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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 Bombay establishing inserts, architectural cutaways, or documentary sequences needing visitor-shot views of major city landmarks.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century Bombay streetscapes, with Indo-Saracenic landmark architecture, sparse road activity, and hazy daylight exposure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a brief visitor-shot perspective, holding on buildings as travel landmarks rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an ornate domed building, arched openings, hanging laundry, the Gateway of India, open pavement, small pedestrians, and hazy sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, faded color, exposure variation, and slight handheld framing typical of personal travel film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short Bombay location insert, a travel-memory beat, or a transition between colonial-era architecture and city context.
Historical context: The footage documents public landmark views in Bombay without enough visual evidence to identify specific events, officials, or ceremonies.
Research note: People appear at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, landmark, and property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s Bombay 8mm footage, Gateway of India home movie, vintage Mumbai landmark, and colonial-era Indian architecture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Bombay 1946 material, then broader 1940s India travel and architecture footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Visitor-shot 1946 Bombay view of an ornate domed building with arched openings, laundry, and street pavement in front. — Ornate Bombay building with domed roof details and laundry visible near the facade.

1946 Bombay home-movie frame showing the same ornate building, arched facade, laundry, and shaded film-frame borders. — Second view of the ornate building, with arched openings and laundry along the street edge.

1946 Bombay view of the Gateway of India, with its large central arch, smaller side arches, and distant pedestrians. — Gateway of India across open pavement, with small figures near the base.

Home-movie frame of the Gateway of India in Bombay, showing the monument against a hazy sky with distant people on the pavement. — Gateway of India with pedestrians visible at a distance in front of the monument.

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