Bombay India-1946: Tropical Trees and Plants Swaying in Wind, Bombay

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

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Tropical Trees and Plants Swaying in Wind, Bombay — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a lush tropical landscape in Bombay, India. Tall palm trees and dense green foliage sway gently in the wind, with grass and bushes moving freely across a sun-drenched field. The scene is viewed through a dark frame, suggesting a window or vehicle view, with natural light and soft film grain enhancing its nostalgic, archival quality. The sky is overcast, casting a diffused glow over the vibrant greenery.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124754751

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful 1940s Bombay home-movie nature footage for documentary cutaways, travel-history edits, environmental context, or archival atmosphere around tropical landscape and weather.
Period detail: The visible detail is mainly natural landscape, with 8mm color, soft focus, and a dark filmed border offering period clues rather than identifiable buildings or landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, holding on trees, grass, and water as wind moves through the tropical greenery.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall palms, dense trees, grasses, low bushes, pale sky, a water edge, dark frame borders, and soft green landscape.
Film character: The footage carries a scanned 8mm look with visible grain, gentle blur, uneven exposure, and slight gate framing that support its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, nature cutaway, transition, or quiet memory beat within a Bombay or tropical travel sequence.
Historical context: The scene places mid-1940s Bombay metadata against a lush outdoor environment, but the frames do not show people, street life, signage, or specific landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any underlying collection rights should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1940s Bombay 8mm home movie landscape, tropical trees in wind, India travel footage, palm trees, grass, and water edge.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Bombay material, then broader India travel, tropical landscape, and wind-in-trees footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay home-movie frame showing palms, dense trees, grass, and a water edge in soft 8mm color. — Palm trees and dense greenery stand beyond grass near a water edge.

1946 Bombay landscape frame with tall palms, thick green trees, grasses, and a water edge viewed through film borders. — A band of grass and water sits below tall palms and dense trees.

1946 Bombay home-movie view of tropical palms, bushes, grass, and water in a softly focused 8mm frame. — Soft 8mm footage shows palms and bushes above grass and water.

1946 Bombay frame showing dense tropical trees, palms, grass, and water with visible 8mm gate-like borders. — Dense trees and palms fill the frame above a grassy water edge.

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