Bombay India-1946: Villagers Walking Through Paved Area In Traditional Attire

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

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Villagers Walking Through Paved Area In Traditional Attire — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a group of villagers walking across a paved area in Bombay, India. Men and women in traditional attire, including turbans and long robes, move through the scene, some carrying items. The footage shows a mix of individuals, including a man in a white outfit with a red turban and a woman in a red sari, walking past stacked black barrels. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film evokes a nostalgic, archival feel, offering a candid glimpse into daily life in mid-20th century India.

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: 124754147

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 home-movie requests needing everyday pedestrian movement, traditional dress, and non-staged public-space atmosphere for documentary or educational use.
Period detail: The frames show 1940s color 8mm footage with people in saris, turbans, long robes, and sandals crossing a paved industrial-looking area with stacked dark barrels.
Home-movie behavior: The value is observational and unstaged, with people simply walking through the camera's distant view rather than performing for it.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pedestrians in traditional clothing, a woman in red, men in white garments and turbans, stacked black barrels, open pavement, and soft film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, visible grain, faded color, slight exposure variation, and a handheld home-movie viewpoint that read as physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat for mid-century Bombay street life, travel footage, or everyday community movement.
Historical context: The footage may show ordinary public movement in Bombay in 1946, with clothing and pedestrian behavior offering visual social context without identifying specific people or events.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and contextual-use review may be needed; no logos, music, or private property are apparent from these frames.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1946 Bombay 8mm home movie, India pedestrians in traditional attire, mid-century Indian daily life, and archival street cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Bombay 1946 material, then broader India home-movie clips showing walking, clothing, and public spaces.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay 8mm frame showing several people in traditional attire walking across open pavement. — Pedestrians cross a paved area in traditional clothing.

1946 Bombay home-movie frame with men in white clothing and turbans moving through a paved public area. — Men in traditional dress walk through the frame.

1946 Bombay 8mm frame showing a woman in red and a man in white passing stacked dark barrels. — Two pedestrians pass stacked barrels on open pavement.

1946 Bombay frame of two pedestrians in traditional dress walking beside stacked dark barrels on pavement. — A pair of pedestrians moves past rows of barrels.

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