Bombay India-1946: Small Group Of People Walking On Airport Tarmac On A Bright

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

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Small Group Of People Walking On Airport Tarmac On A Bright — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures a small group of people walking across an airport tarmac in Bombay, India. Women in vibrant red and maroon sarees walk alongside men in traditional white kurta and turbans, some carrying bags. The grainy, slightly faded color and visible film scratches evoke a strong sense of mid-20th century archival authenticity. The scene unfolds under bright daylight on a wide, open concrete surface, with faint lines suggesting runways or taxiways. The handheld camera follows the group from a distance, offering a candid glimpse of daily life at a historic Indian airport.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124754328

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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 edits needing brief home-movie footage of travelers or local pedestrians crossing an airport tarmac in Bombay, India.
Period detail: The clothing, turbans, sarees, open concrete tarmac, and 8mm color stock support a mid-1940s travel-film setting without identifying a specific airport structure.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has unstaged value as people move naturally across the tarmac, some carrying bags, while the camera observes from a distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include women in red and maroon sarees, men in white garments and turbans, carried bags, a broad concrete tarmac, painted ground lines, and dark frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows soft focus, faded color, gate weave, visible scratches, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of an original 8mm home-movie scan.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short cutaway, travel transition, arrival beat, or social-context insert within a sequence about 1940s Bombay or airport movement.
Historical context: The clip visually suggests everyday movement through an airport environment in Bombay, with local dress and luggage visible but no identifiable airline or landmark.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted-person permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s Bombay airport tarmac footage, 8mm India travel film, people walking on runway, sarees and turbans, and colonial-era home movie airport scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Bombay or India footage from 1946, then broader airport, travel, tarmac, or everyday pedestrian movement scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay home-movie frame showing people walking across an airport tarmac, including women in red and maroon sarees and men in white clothing. — A small group crosses the bright concrete tarmac, seen from a distant handheld viewpoint.

1946 Bombay airport-tarmac view with women in red and maroon sarees walking beside a man in white under bright daylight. — The group continues across the open tarmac, with one woman raising an arm as they walk.

1946 Bombay frame showing a man in white traditional clothing and turban walking on the airport tarmac with a dark carried item. — A man in white dress and turban moves past the camera on the tarmac.

1946 Bombay airport-tarmac frame with a man in white turbaned clothing carrying a dark item and a woman in patterned dress at right. — The final frame isolates a turbaned man walking past, with another figure at the edge of the shot.

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