Bombay India-1946: Troop Of People Rowing A Boat With Multiple Oars On Muddy River

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

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Troop Of People Rowing A Boat With Multiple Oars On... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a group of people rowing a traditional wooden boat with multiple oars on a muddy river in Bombay, India. The footage shows a long, dark boat with several men standing and rowing in unison, while other boats are moored along the grassy riverbank. The scene has a grainy, nostalgic quality with muted colors and visible film scratches, characteristic of mid-century amateur footage. The camera remains steady, offering a clear view of the river activity and the surrounding landscape.

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: 124754481

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: Useful for 1940s documentary or editorial requests needing Bombay river transport, traditional rowing, or everyday waterside activity in archival home-movie footage.
Period detail: The wooden multi-oared river craft, muted color 8mm stock, and simple riverside setting support a mid-1940s Bombay travel-film context without identifying a specific landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has an observer's distance, recording coordinated rowing and nearby moored boats as everyday public activity rather than a staged performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a long dark wooden boat, several standing rowers, multiple oars, muddy river water, grassy banks, moored boats, and dark contact-sheet borders.
Film character: The scan shows soft focus, subdued color, visible grain, frame scratches, and steady amateur framing that preserve the physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, travel insert, or transitional memory beat for river life, transport, or Bombay street-and-water context.
Historical context: The clip visually suggests communal manual rowing on a river near a grassy bank, offering social context for waterside movement without asserting the purpose of the boat trip.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed, and copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1946 Bombay 8mm river boat footage, people rowing traditional wooden boat, muddy riverbank India, and vintage home movie water transport.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1946 Bombay or India footage, then broader archive themes of river transport, traditional boats, and everyday public activity.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay 8mm frame showing a long wooden boat with several people rowing on a muddy river, with small boats near the bank. — Standing rowers move a long wooden boat across the river near moored boats on the bank.

1946 Bombay home-movie frame of a dark wooden boat carrying rowers with long oars on a muddy river beside moored boats. — A rowed wooden boat passes in front of a grassy riverside with other boats tied nearby.

Mid-1940s Bombay 8mm frame showing people rowing a traditional wooden boat on a muddy river with boats along the bank. — The boat sits broadside to the camera as several people row in unison near the riverbank.

1946 Bombay 8mm frame of a long wooden boat with standing rowers and extended oars, filmed from across a muddy river. — A group of rowers stand in the boat while long oars extend over the water near the bank.

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