Kolkata India-1946: Grand White Building with Central Dome

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationKolkata, India
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Grand White Building with Central Dome — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures the Victoria Memorial in Bombay, India. The grand white palatial building features a prominent central dome, smaller turrets, and classical architectural details under an overcast sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight camera shake, and natural film wear, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a historic Indian landmark during the mid-20th century.

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: 124754767

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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: Kolkata, 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: 1940s 8mm home-movie view of a grand white domed landmark in Bombay, useful for documentary inserts on colonial-era urban architecture or travel footage.
Period detail: The formal white facade, central dome, smaller turrets and overcast open setting may show a mid-20th-century landmark visit recorded from a distance.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, holding on the building across an open foreground with slight handheld movement rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a central dome, arched entrance, side turrets, columned facade, low foreground railing, grey sky and dark film frame edges.
Film character: Soft 8mm grain, muted exposure, gate edges and small specks give the shot the physical texture of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing cutaway, architectural insert, travel-memory beat or transition into 1940s India material.
Historical context: The footage visually places a monumental public building within a quiet urban landmark view, without showing crowds, vehicles or street activity.
Research note: No people, logos or audible music are visible or flagged, but landmark identification and any property or copyright questions should be checked for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1940s Bombay 8mm landmark, India home movie domed white building, Victoria Memorial archival footage and colonial architecture cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Bombay views, then broader Indian landmark or colonial-era architecture footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 8mm view identified as Bombay, India, showing a white domed landmark with side turrets and an arched entrance. — A distant view of the white domed landmark framed by 8mm film edges.

The 1946 Bombay home-movie frame holds on the white domed building, with small turrets and a dark central arch visible. — The building's dome, flanking turrets and arched opening remain centered in the frame.

A handheld 8mm frame from Bombay in 1946 shows the white domed landmark slightly lower in view beneath an overcast sky. — A soft, handheld frame shows the landmark facade and low railing from a visitor's distance.

The final 1946 Bombay frame shows the domed white landmark with a dark arch, low railing and tree silhouettes near the right edge. — The closing frame keeps the landmark in view with the arch, railing and dark edge silhouettes visible.

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