Bombay India-1946: A Woman and Man Walking on Concrete Streets

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

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A Woman and Man Walking on Concrete Streets — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a dark sari and headscarf walking barefoot across a sun-baked concrete surface in Bombay, India. The scene shifts to a man in a light-colored kurta and turban, holding a walking cane, as he strides along a paved road with tram tracks. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded color saturation, and natural lighting, evoking a nostalgic, everyday moment from mid-20th century India. The handheld camera follows the subjects with slight movement, offering a candid glimpse of daily life in a bustling city.

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: 124754161

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 documentary or educational edits needing everyday street life in Bombay, India, from home-movie 8mm footage.
Period detail: The visible sari, headscarf, kurta, turban, cane, tram tracks, and paved street surfaces may show mid-20th-century urban dress and movement.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes pedestrians at a distance, giving the clip an unstaged visitor-shot view of people crossing and walking through a city street setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a dark sari, a headscarf, bare feet, a man in a pale kurta, a turban, a walking cane, concrete paving, and tram tracks.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur, handheld framing, and uneven exposure that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief street-life insert, transition, or observational cutaway within a sequence about 1940s Bombay or everyday urban movement.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for public pedestrian movement and dress in Bombay, while the frames do not identify a specific district, event, or landmark.
Research note: People are visible and faces may be identifiable, so likeness and contextual use should be reviewed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Bombay street footage, 8mm India home movies, Indian pedestrians, sari and kurta street scenes, and tram-track road views.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Bombay or 1946 India material, then broader themes of South Asian street life and pedestrian travel.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1946 Bombay home-movie footage, a woman in a dark sari and headscarf walks across a concrete street area. — Woman in a dark sari walking across a paved street area.

In 1946 Bombay, a man in a pale kurta and turban walks along a paved road with tram tracks, holding a cane. — Man with turban and walking cane beside tram tracks.

A man in a pale kurta and turban walks toward the camera on a Bombay street, with tram tracks visible behind him. — Man in light clothing walking toward the camera on the street.

The 1946 Bombay street view shows a turbaned man in pale clothing continuing past tram tracks with a cane in hand. — Turbaned man walking along the paved road with tram tracks behind him.

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