Bombay India-1946: Man Walking Around A Serene Pond In The Woods In The Summer

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

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Man Walking Around A Serene Pond In The Woods In The Summer — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a man walking along the grassy edge of a serene pond in a lush, tree-filled woodland in Bombay, India. The footage shows a man in light-colored shorts and a short-sleeved shirt strolling through a verdant summer landscape, with the calm water reflecting the surrounding greenery. The natural, unsteady camera movement and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, personal memory of a peaceful day in the woods. The film's characteristic grain and color saturation highlight its authentic 1940s home movie quality, offering a rare glimpse into everyday leisure in mid-century India.

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: 124754684

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

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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: 1940s Bombay home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet leisure cutaway of a man walking beside a wooded pond.
Period detail: The light shirt, shorts, soft color, and 8mm handling may show mid-1940s amateur travel or family filming in Bombay.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged walk along the water, filmed from a nearby observer’s casual home-movie perspective.
What appears in frame: The frames show a calm pond, dense trees, grassy banks, lily-like water plants, soft reflections, and a man walking near the shoreline.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, rounded frame edges, uneven exposure, and slight handheld instability give the clip authentic 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or reflective memory beat between broader Bombay, travel, or leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for outdoor leisure and landscaped green space in Bombay without identifying a specific park or event.
Research note: A visible adult face and likeness may require review, while no logos, brands, minors, or obvious private property are visible in the stills.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1940s Bombay home movie, man by pond in India, 8mm wooded garden footage, and vintage leisure walk.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Bombay 1946 footage, then broader 1940s India leisure, water, garden, or travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay 8mm frame showing a quiet pond, tree canopy, and grassy shoreline in soft focus. — A still view across a wooded pond with greenery reflected in the water.

1946 Bombay home-movie frame of a serene pond bordered by dense trees and a small bright strip of grass. — The camera holds on the pond and surrounding trees before the walking figure appears.

Soft 8mm view of a pond in Bombay, with dense foliage and a curved grassy bank along the far side. — A quiet view of the pond emphasizes the wooded setting and still water.

1946 Bombay frame showing an adult man in shorts and a light shirt walking along the grassy edge of a pond. — An adult man walks beside the water through the lush garden-like setting.

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