Bombay India-1946: Ornate Temple With Golden Spire And 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 And Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures a majestic ornate temple structure in Bombay, India. The multi-tiered pagoda-style building features intricate carvings and a golden spire, framed by lush green trees against a pale sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight blurriness, and natural color fading, evoking a nostalgic mid-century travel memory. The camera remains mostly static with subtle movement, emphasizing the architectural beauty and serene atmosphere of this historic landmark.

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: 124754396

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s Bombay travel footage for documentary or museum sequences needing a brief architectural view of an ornate temple exterior.
Period detail: The 8mm color image, static tourist framing, and visible temple architecture support a mid-1940s home-movie travel record in Bombay.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot landmark perspective, holding on the temple facade and spire without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the tiered temple tower, gold-toned spire, smaller flanking towers, arched openings, trees, pale sky, and dark film borders.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm focus, visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and minor handheld drift characteristic of scanned home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, travel-memory cutaway, architectural transition, or reflective beat within a Bombay or India sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents how a mid-century visitor framed a prominent religious architectural exterior amid trees, without showing worshippers or street life.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but the religious site and property depiction may still require contextual and usage review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1940s Bombay 8mm temple footage, vintage India travel film, ornate temple tower, golden spire, and home movie architecture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Bombay material, then broader vintage India temple or landmark travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay 8mm frame showing an ornate temple tower with arched tiers, a gold-toned spire, trees, and smaller side towers. — Ornate temple exterior with tiered tower, gold-toned spire, and trees.

1946 Bombay 8mm frame of the temple facade, with a tall tiered tower, gold-toned upper section, trees, and pale sky. — Static visitor view of the temple tower partly framed by foliage.

1946 Bombay 8mm frame showing the ornate temple tower cropped close, with repeated arches, gold-toned spire, trees, and sky. — Closer composition on the temple's tiered tower and spire.

1946 Bombay 8mm frame with the temple's gold-toned spire and upper tiers partly framed by dark trees and pale sky. — Upper temple tower and spire framed by tree branches.

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