Bombay India-1946: Several Oarsmen Rowing A Traditional Asian Wooden Boat Down River

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

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Several Oarsmen Rowing A Traditional Asian Wooden Boat... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a traditional Asian wooden boat being rowed by several oarsmen down a river in Bombay, India. The scene shows the boat moving through calm water, with other sailboats moored along the grassy riverbank. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and natural motion, offering an authentic glimpse into mid-20th century water transportation and daily life in colonial India. The image is framed by the film's characteristic black borders and shows signs of age, including scratches and dust, enhancing its archival quality. This clip is ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, and cultural studies.

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: 124754477

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: Supports 1940s Bombay river-transport requests needing brief archival home-movie material of oarsmen working a traditional wooden boat.
Period detail: The clothing, oared craft, moored sailboats and undeveloped grassy bank may show mid-20th-century river life in Bombay as recorded in 1946 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged distant view of boatmen rowing past the camera, with everyday movement observed rather than arranged for the lens.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a long wooden rowing boat, several oarsmen, calm river water, moored sailboats, a grassy bank, poles and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, muted color, visible grain, gate edges, dust and scratches that give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, river cutaway, travel transition or memory beat within material about Bombay, work boats or daily transport.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for manual water transport and riverside activity in Bombay without identifying the waterway, people or vessels by name.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so copyright, source licensing and possible likeness considerations should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1946 Bombay 8mm river boat, India oarsmen home movie, traditional wooden boat rowing, and vintage river transport footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Bombay 1946 views, then broader 1940s India transport or riverside work footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay home-movie frame showing several oarsmen in a long wooden boat near moored sailboats and a grassy riverbank. — Several oarsmen row a long wooden boat past moored sailboats along the riverbank.

1946 Bombay river view with a traditional wooden boat being rowed by several people, with small sailboats moored behind it. — The rowing boat passes in front of moored sailboats near the grassy bank.

1946 Bombay frame showing a long oared wooden boat on the river, with sailboats pulled close to the grassy bank behind it. — Oarsmen continue along the river as moored boats line the bank behind them.

1946 Bombay home-movie frame of several oarsmen in a long wooden river boat, with moored sailboats and shoreline visible behind. — The long rowing boat moves past the riverbank, framed by visible 8mm film edges.

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