Bombay India-1946: Ornate Temple With Golden Spire Surrounded By Trees

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

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Ornate Temple With Golden Spire Surrounded By Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a majestic multi-tiered temple structure in Bombay, India. The ornate stone monument features intricate carvings, arched windows, and a golden spire, surrounded by lush green trees. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and a soft focus, conveying a nostalgic, archival quality. The camera remains steady, offering a clear view of the historic landmark in its natural setting.

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: 124754389

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

People 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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s Bombay 8mm footage for productions needing a brief landmark or religious architecture cutaway from India.
Period detail: The footage may show a mid-20th-century visitor view of an ornate temple-like structure with tiered towers, arched openings and a gilded spire.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a traveler pausing to record a notable monument from a fixed outdoor vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tiered stone towers, repeated arched niches, a golden spire, surrounding trees, a low wall and soft sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, blue-shifted color, visible grain and slight frame-edge instability typical of home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, geographic transition, travel-memory beat or architectural cutaway.
Historical context: The view places religious or monumental architecture within a leafy urban setting, without enough visible evidence to identify the exact site.
Research note: No people, logos or audible music are indicated, but site identity, property permissions and copyright status should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1940s Bombay home movie, India temple architecture 8mm, vintage travel footage India and ornate spire landmark.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Bombay or India material from 1946, then broader temple and travel architecture scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay home-movie frame showing an ornate multi-tiered temple-like structure with trees around it. — A steady visitor view of the carved temple structure and surrounding trees.

1946 Bombay frame with a temple-like landmark, repeated arched niches, tree cover and a low boundary wall. — The camera holds on the ornate facade, with trees enclosing the landmark.

Soft 8mm frame from 1946 Bombay showing carved temple towers, arched openings and leafy trees. — A closer-feeling view emphasizes the stacked arches and carved tower forms.

1946 Bombay 8mm frame showing the golden-topped central spire of an ornate temple-like structure among trees. — The golden spire is visible above the dark arched tiers and surrounding foliage.

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