Bombay India-1946: River with Traditional Houses and Boats

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

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River with Traditional Houses and Boats — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil river scene in Bombay, India. Small boats float on the water while traditional houses with sloped roofs line the riverbank, surrounded by lush tropical trees and vegetation. The footage has a soft, faded color palette and visible film grain, conveying a nostalgic, archival quality. The camera remains steady, offering a peaceful view of daily life along the waterway, with a tall pole and signpost visible in the distance. This authentic 1940s slice of life is ideal for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 124754529

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 river view suited to documentary cutaways, travel-history sequences, and archival atmosphere around waterside settlements.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-1940s riverbank housing, small boats, dense tropical vegetation, and a tall pole or signpost, with no people visible at this distance.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective from across the water, holding on scenery rather than staged action or posed subjects.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm water, moored small boats, low riverside houses with sloped roofs, trees, shoreline vegetation, cloudy sky, and a tall pole or marker.
Film character: Soft focus, faded color, visible grain, frame dirt, and slight exposure unevenness give the short shot a clear 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet establishing insert, riverbank cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into Bombay-related archival material.
Historical context: The view offers visual context for waterside life and tropical river scenery in Bombay without identifying a specific neighborhood, landmark, or event.
Research note: No people, brands, or readable logos are visible, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1946 Bombay 8mm river scene, India home movie boats, tropical riverbank houses, and vintage Bombay travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1946 Bombay or India footage, and then with wider tropical river, boat, and travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay home-movie frame showing small boats on calm water near low riverside houses and tropical trees. — Small boats sit on a calm waterway beside low houses and dense trees.

1946 Bombay river view with boats near the far bank, low houses, lush vegetation, and a tall pole or marker. — Boats and low riverbank houses appear across the water under an overcast sky.

1946 Bombay home-movie frame of a river bend with small boats, tropical trees, and distant waterside buildings. — A soft-focused river bend shows small boats near a tree-lined shore.

1946 Bombay riverbank view showing a muddy shoreline, small boats, low houses, and tropical vegetation. — The final frame widens to a muddy shoreline with boats and houses beyond.

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