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Bombay India-1946: Men Pushing Wooden Cart In Manual Labor

  • Year1946
  • Decade1940s
  • LocationBombay, India
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1946 Bombay India
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Men Pushing Wooden Cart In Manual Labor — Clip Details

BOMBAY INDIA-1946: Men in traditional dhotis and turbans laboriously push and pull a large wooden cart with massive spoked wheels through a dusty street. The 8mm film captures their physical exertion under bright sunlight, with the worn cart and rough pavement highlighting the manual labor of the era. The footage offers a raw, authentic glimpse into daily life and transportation in mid-20th century India, with visible film grain and color fading characteristic of vintage home movies.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
124754446

Rights & Clearance

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 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Bombay, India Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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

  • equipment
  • archaic
  • wheels
  • men
  • working
  • loading
  • carrying
  • manual
  • transportation
  • bombay india
  • 1946
  • 1946 India
  • manual labor
  • wooden cart
  • 8mm film
  • vintage home movie
  • traditional clothing
  • dhoti
  • turban
  • manual transportation
  • historical footage
  • archival film
  • Indian workers
  • street labor
  • 8mm home movie
  • 1940s India
  • vintage 8mm
  • documentary footage
  • retro film
  • manual work
  • old film
  • historical archive
  • working class
  • colonial India
  • street scene

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1940s Bombay documentary sequences needing brief visual evidence of manual street transport and labor in an urban setting.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Bombay, India, 1946, men in dhotis and headwraps work around a large wooden cart with oversized spoked wheels.
Men push and guide a heavy wooden cart through the street.

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