Bombay India-1946: Rickshaw Driver and Cargo Ship at Sea

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

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Rickshaw Driver and Cargo Ship at Sea — Clip Details

BOMBAY INDIA-1946: A man in a white shirt and checkered lungi stands beside a traditional rickshaw, holding its poles. The scene shifts to a large cargo ship at sea, viewed from a moving boat, with a person in a hat watching from the foreground. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures mid-century Indian street life and maritime activity with authentic grain and color, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel.

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: 124754412

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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s Bombay editorial sequences needing brief home-movie views of street transport and harbor shipping activity.
Period detail: The hand-pulled rickshaw, checkered lungi, cargo vessel, and soft 8mm color may show mid-century urban and maritime life in Bombay.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot quality, pausing on a rickshaw driver and then observing a ship from a moving boat.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rickshaw driver, a hand-pulled rickshaw, building windows, open water, a cargo ship, cranes, and a foreground passenger.
Film character: The clip carries a physical 8mm look with soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, travel transition, harbor cutaway, or memory beat within a Bombay or India sequence.
Historical context: The frames place a street transport subject alongside harbor commerce, giving visual context for everyday movement and maritime activity.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from depicted-person clearance.
Research search match: Searches for 1940s Bombay home movie, India rickshaw driver, vintage harbor cargo ship, 8mm travel footage, or colonial-era street transport may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Bombay 1946 material, then with India street transport or harbor shipping footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Bombay, India, a rickshaw driver stands holding the poles of a hand-pulled rickshaw in 1946 home-movie footage. — Rickshaw driver standing beside a hand-pulled rickshaw.

A man stands with a traditional rickshaw in Bombay, India, framed by building windows in 1946 8mm footage. — Man posed with a rickshaw in front of a building.

A cargo ship passes across Bombay harbor waters, seen from a boat with a foreground passenger partly visible. — Cargo ship viewed from a moving boat on the water.

A large cargo vessel is filmed across the water in Bombay, India, with harbor cranes faintly visible behind it. — Large cargo vessel seen across harbor water.

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