Bombay India-1946: Lake with Trees and Military Tank

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

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Lake with Trees and Military Tank — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a quiet scene in Bombay, India, featuring a calm body of water surrounded by lush green trees and grassy shores. The tranquil natural setting contrasts with the presence of a military tank parked on a nearby street, with uniformed soldiers standing nearby. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, historical atmosphere. This archival clip offers authentic 1940s-era street life and military presence in colonial India, ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124754659

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: 1946 8mm Bombay home-movie footage for editors needing a brief colonial-era India waterside cutaway or contextual insert.
Period detail: The visible frames show a tree-lined body of water, while the clip metadata also notes a nearby street tank and uniformed soldiers.
Home-movie behavior: The camera appears to observe the waterside calmly from a personal travel or home-movie viewpoint rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: The frames include dark tree canopy, reflective water, grassy banks, dense foliage, bright sky patches, and soft film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, color shift, and slight gate-edge shadow as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet establishing insert, transition beat, or visual pause before or after urban military street material.
Historical context: The clip may document Bombay in 1946 through a private camera's view of public landscape and nearby military presence noted in metadata.
Research note: People and military presence are flagged at clip level, so likeness, context, and editorial-use review should be considered separately from copyright.
Research search match: Searches such as 1940s Bombay 8mm home movie, India waterside footage, colonial India street tank, or vintage Bombay trees and water may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Bombay 1946 footage, then broader 1940s India streets, water, and military-presence material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay 8mm frame showing a shaded waterside scene with dense trees, grass, and reflective water. — Tree canopy and grass border a still body of water.

1946 Bombay 8mm frame of a green bank beside calm water, with trees and pale sky in the background. — A grassy bank and trees sit beside still water.

1946 Bombay 8mm frame showing a wider waterside view with trees, grass, water, and soft film blur. — Dense greenery surrounds a quiet stretch of water.

1946 Bombay 8mm frame of a quiet tree-lined waterway with grassy shore and visible home-movie scan edges. — A still waterway is framed by grass and heavy trees.

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