Bombay India-1946: Houses With A Pier Near Water And Coconut Palm Trees

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

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Houses With A Pier Near Water And Coconut Palm Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil riverside village in Bombay, India. Stilt houses line the water's edge, with a wooden pier extending into the calm river. Palm trees and lush greenery frame the scene, while a traditional sailboat with white sails glides across the water. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight blurriness, and authentic color tones of the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century coastal life.

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: 124754608

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful 1940s Bombay home-movie footage for documentary or educational sequences needing riverside housing, tropical shoreline, and small sailboat atmosphere.
Period detail: The scene may show mid-1940s waterfront life through low riverside houses, simple piers, coconut palms, and a small sail craft visible from across the water.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a distance like a traveler filming a calm waterside view, with no staged action beyond ordinary movement along the shore and boat traffic.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include riverside houses, wooden piers, calm water, coconut palm trees, dense greenery, a small boat with white sails, and tiny distant figures.
Film character: The 8mm color scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the texture of a home-movie original.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing cutaway, reflective transition, or memory beat for coastal Bombay, river transport, or domestic waterfront settings.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for shoreline settlement and small-scale water activity in Bombay, while avoiding claims beyond the visible home-movie scene.
Research note: Distant people may require likeness review, and visible homes or boats should be assessed separately from copyright status before commercial use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s Bombay waterfront home movie, India riverside houses 8mm footage, coconut palms by water, and vintage small sailboat cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Bombay 1946 material, and then with broader India waterfront, village, boat, or palm-lined shoreline footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay home-movie frame showing low houses by water, a pier, coconut palms, greenery, and a small white-sailed boat. — Riverside houses and palms line the water as a small sailboat sits near the bank.

1946 Bombay footage frame with waterfront houses, wooden piers, coconut palms, calm water, and a small sailboat near the shore. — A palm-lined bank with houses and piers appears behind a small boat with white sails.

1946 Bombay home-movie frame showing a small sailboat passing near riverside homes, palm trees, piers, and dense greenery. — A white-sailed boat moves along the water near palms, houses, and low piers.

1946 Bombay frame with a small white-sailed boat on the water, backed by coconut palms, shoreline houses, greenery, and a low wall. — The boat remains near the bank, framed by palms, greenery, shoreline structures, and calm water.

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