Bombay India-1946: A Pier With Boats And Houses On The Edge Of A Calm River

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

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A Pier With Boats And Houses On The Edge Of A Calm River — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil riverside village in Bombay, India. The camera glides across calm waters, revealing a cluster of modest houses with tiled roofs along the riverbank. A wooden pier extends into the water, with small boats moored nearby. Palm trees rise above the homes, and the overcast sky casts a soft, muted light over the scene. The footage shows natural film grain and slight motion blur, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century Indian life and architecture.

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: 124754600

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 riverfront or waterfront village requests for documentary, education, museum, or editorial productions needing brief atmospheric home-movie footage.
Period detail: The tiled roofs, low riverside houses, small boats, palm trees, and 8mm color stock may show mid-1940s residential waterfront life in Bombay.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor or family-film perspective, observing the riverbank from across the water without formal composition or directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm water, a wooden pier, moored boats, low houses with tiled roofs, palms, dense greenery, an overcast sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight handheld drift, and contact-print framing that read as physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, transitional river cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a sequence on Bombay or Indian waterfront life.
Historical context: The view documents a residential river edge with modest buildings and small craft, offering visual context for everyday built environments rather than official landmarks.
Research note: Metadata flags people visible in the clip, so likeness review may be needed even though no brands, music, or private interiors are apparent in these stills.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1946 Bombay 8mm riverbank, vintage India waterfront home movie, boats by houses, and 1940s Indian riverside village footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Bombay material, then broader India waterfront, boats, houses, and palm-lined river scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay 8mm frame showing low riverside houses, palms, and calm water under an overcast sky. — Riverside houses and palms sit beyond calm water in a soft 8mm view.

1946 Bombay riverside view with low homes, palms, a pier structure, and a moored boat near the frame edge. — A pier and small boat appear beside low riverside houses.

1946 Bombay home-movie frame with a wooden pier, moored boat, riverside houses, and palms across calm water. — A wooden pier reaches out from the riverbank beside a long moored boat.

1946 Bombay riverbank frame showing a long moored boat, pier railings, low houses, palms, and dense greenery. — A long boat lies along the water below a pier and palm-lined houses.

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