Bombay India-1946: A Small Dark Lake Surrounded By Tropical Trees And Plants

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

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A Small Dark Lake Surrounded By Tropical Trees And Plants — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil pond surrounded by dense tropical foliage in Bombay, India. The calm water reflects the lush green trees and overcast sky, creating a serene, natural atmosphere. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and a soft focus typical of mid-century amateur film. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century Indian landscapes, ideal for historical documentaries, nature montages, or retro-themed projects.

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: 124754673

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: Useful for 1940s India archive requests needing a quiet nature cutaway or establishing insert from amateur 8mm travel footage.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century Bombay park or garden scenery, with no visible buildings, vehicles, clothing, or signage to confirm a narrower place or era.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, lingering on a calm pond and foliage rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include still dark water, tree reflections, dense tropical foliage, grassy banks, an overcast sky, and soft rounded film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, color fading, and slight frame instability consistent with amateur physical-film footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature insert, reflective transition, location texture, or quiet memory beat within a Bombay or 1940s travel sequence.
Historical context: The scene presents a landscaped waterside environment in Bombay, offering visual context for greenery and leisure spaces without showing people or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should be checked separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Bombay 8mm pond footage, vintage India tropical foliage, home movie lake reflection, and 1940s travel nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Bombay 1946 material, then with broader vintage India garden, pond, and tropical landscape scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay 8mm frame showing a calm pond surrounded by dense green foliage and reflected trees under a pale sky. — A still pond sits beneath dense tropical trees, with soft reflections on the water.

1946 Bombay home-movie frame of a quiet pond bordered by tropical trees, with soft focus and visible 8mm frame edges. — The water reflects a leafy bank and bright overcast sky in a quiet garden-like setting.

1946 Bombay 8mm view across a still pond toward dense tropical vegetation and a narrow grassy edge. — A soft 8mm view looks across still water toward dense vegetation along the shore.

1946 Bombay home-movie frame showing a pond bordered by heavy tropical tree cover, with muted color and soft 8mm texture. — Dense tree cover frames the pond as muted reflections spread across the dark water.

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