Bombay India-1946: Black And White Video Of Large Government Building Is Shown

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

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Black And White Video Of Large Government Building Is Shown — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures the Victoria Memorial in Bombay, India, a grand white colonial-era building with a prominent dome and arched entrance. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows the landmark under an overcast sky with palm trees swaying gently in the background. The grainy, monochrome quality and slight camera shake evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, offering a rare glimpse of post-war India.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 124754774

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: 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 brief exterior landmark or government-building cutaway from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The white domed colonial-era facade, palm trees, and monochrome 8mm handling may show an urban Indian civic landmark in the mid-1940s.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels visitor-shot, with the building filmed from a fixed vantage through a dark window or gate edge rather than as a staged view.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a white domed building, arched entrance, colonnaded frontage, palm trees, overcast sky, dark frame edges, and open grounds.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and slight handheld drift give the clip a physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, colonial-era architecture cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into postwar India material.
Historical context: The footage visually places a monumental colonial-style public building within Bombay-labeled 1940s home-movie travel material without proving the building identity.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are apparent, but copyright, location identity, and any property or landmark permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Bombay 8mm footage, black-and-white India landmark exterior, colonial government building, palm trees, and vintage travel home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Bombay or 1946 India exteriors, then broader colonial-era public architecture and travel establishing views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay-labeled 8mm frame showing a white colonial-style public building, arched entrance, palm tree, and overcast sky. — A white domed public building appears beyond dark frame edges under a cloudy sky.

1946 Bombay-labeled home-movie frame of a domed colonial-style exterior partly divided by a dark foreground edge. — The building remains centered with a tall palm at right and a dark vertical edge in the foreground.

1946 Bombay-labeled 8mm view with the building shifted left, showing its arched entrance, dome, and palm trees. — The camera view drifts, leaving the domed facade partly cropped at the left edge.

Late frame from the 1946 Bombay-labeled clip, with a cropped domed building, arched opening, palms, and overcast sky. — The final view holds on a cropped civic-looking facade with palms and heavy cloud behind it.

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