Bombay India-1946: Young Men Walking On A Riverside

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

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Young Men Walking On A Riverside — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures young men walking along a riverside path in Bombay, India. The grainy, color-bleached footage shows three figures carrying loads on their heads, moving across a dirt path beside a calm river. Lush green fields and dense jungle foliage frame the scene, with a small dog visible in the background. The final frames reveal a wider view of the river, dotted with traditional boats and a distant village nestled among trees. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century Indian life, with natural lighting and the characteristic imperfections of Super 8 film.

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: 124754525

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 or India river-life requests for documentary inserts, archival cutaways, and educational context around everyday movement near waterways.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-1940s riverside activity, with people carrying head loads, small boats, low riverbank structures, and dense greenery visible in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a distance with no apparent staging, preserving a brief home-movie view of people walking and a wider river settlement scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a riverside path, three walking figures with head loads, grassy banks, a small dog, calm water, boats, trees, and distant low buildings.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, muted color, visible grain, gate edges, and contact-sheet framing that emphasize its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, transition from human activity to river geography, or memory beat within a South Asia archival sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for everyday riverside movement and boat traffic near Bombay, without identifying the people, village, or specific waterway.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location, and property questions should be assessed separately by the user.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1940s Bombay riverside footage, India home movie river boats, men carrying loads by water, and vintage 8mm South Asia village river.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1946 Bombay or India river footage, and then with broader themes of waterways, travel, and daily labor.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1946 Bombay home-movie footage, three distant figures appear to carry loads while walking along a green riverside path. — Distant walkers move along a riverside path above the waterline.

A distant view shows people walking beside the river in Bombay, with a small dog near the path and dense greenery beyond. — Walkers pass along the green riverbank, with water in the foreground.

The clip shifts to a wider 1946 Bombay river view with small boats on the water and low buildings among trees across the bank. — Small boats sit on the river below a tree-lined settlement.

A second wide frame shows boats scattered across calm water, with trees and low riverside structures beyond in Bombay archival footage. — Boats dot the calm river near a distant tree-lined bank.

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