Bombay India-1946: The Ships Are In The Water

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

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The Ships Are In The Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a serene riverside view from a moving vessel in Bombay, India. The footage shows calm water in the foreground, with lush green fields and a distant tree line under an overcast sky. The scene transitions to a riverside settlement with traditional thatched-roof structures and small boats moored along the bank, where people in period clothing move about. The grainy, slightly faded quality and film scratches enhance its authentic 1940s archival feel. This historic footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into daily life and transportation along the waterways of colonial-era Bombay.

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: 124754562

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 edits needing Bombay waterway views, riverside landscape, and brief settlement activity from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The visible boats, thatched or low riverside structures, and period clothing may show everyday waterfront life in Bombay in 1946, as supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a moving vessel, giving the clip an unstaged traveler perspective across water, fields, moored boats, and people on the bank.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm water, flat green fields, distant tree line, overcast sky, riverside buildings, moored small boats, and people along the shore.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, muted color, visible grain, scratches, and slight handheld movement that read as authentic mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short establishing insert, waterway transition, travel-memory cutaway, or contextual bridge before closer Bombay street or harbor material.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for riverside movement and settlement near Bombay without proving a specific neighborhood, vessel route, or event from the frames alone.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness and contextual review may be needed; copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Bombay 8mm home movie, India riverside settlement, vintage waterway travel footage, moored boats, and colonial-era Bombay views.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Bombay 1946 material, then broader India waterway, harbor, travel, or daily-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay home-movie view from the water toward flat green riverside fields and a dark tree line beneath cloudy sky. — A moving-vessel view looks across calm water toward open green fields and distant trees.

Bombay, India 1946 footage appears to show a broad waterside view of green fields and a distant wooded bank from a moving boat. — The shoreline stays distant as the camera passes flat fields and a low tree line.

A soft 8mm frame shows Bombay riverside fields across still water, with a dark tree line and cloudy sky in the distance. — Still water and green fields form a quiet riverside landscape.

1946 Bombay home-movie frame shows a riverside settlement with low roofed structures, small boats, and people gathered along the waterline. — People stand near moored boats and low riverside buildings along the bank.

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