Bombay India-1946: Animals And A Boat Traveling Along A Canal

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

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Animals And A Boat Traveling Along A Canal — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil scene along a canal in Bombay, India. A small wooden boat with several people aboard glides through the water, while in the background, a farmer guides a line of cattle across lush, terraced rice paddies. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color palette of mid-century amateur film, offering a rare glimpse into daily life and rural transport in post-war India. This archival clip is ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, and editorial projects exploring 1940s India.

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: 124754487

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: 1940s Bombay home-movie footage for productions needing a brief canal transport and rural waterside life insert.
Period detail: The small rowed boat, cattle, wet fields and soft 8mm color may show mid-1940s rural transport and agricultural surroundings near Bombay.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a distance, preserving an unstaged view of people traveling by boat and animals moving along the canal bank.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wooden boat, several people aboard, oars, canal water, cattle, field paths, rice paddies and low waterside banks.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, muted color, visible grain and slight exposure variation typical of amateur 8mm home-movie photography.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing cutaway, travel transition or quiet memory beat within a sequence on 1940s India.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for canal-side movement, animal labor and cultivated land without identifying specific people or a precise district.
Research note: People are visible at distance, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1946 Bombay canal boat, 8mm India home movie, cattle beside rice paddies and rural transport in 1940s India.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Bombay 1946 material, then broader India canal, boat, cattle or rice-field footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay home-movie frame showing a small wooden boat carrying several people across a canal, with moored boats in the background. — A small boat with passengers moves across the canal water.

1946 Bombay home-movie frame showing cattle and a distant person moving along a canal-side bank beside wet cultivated fields. — Cattle and a person pass along the field edge beside the canal.

1946 Bombay home-movie frame showing cattle crossing a narrow waterside path with flooded paddies and field divisions behind them. — A line of cattle moves along the canal-side path.

1946 Bombay home-movie frame showing a distant person and cattle on a canal bank, with rice paddies and still water filling the scene. — Cattle and a distant figure continue along the edge of the paddies.

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