Bombay India-1946: Dark Cloudy Field Before Ox Cart Pulling Scene

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

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Dark Cloudy Field Before Ox Cart Pulling Scene — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures a quiet scene in Bombay, India. The clip opens on a dark, cloudy day with a wide view of a grassy field and trees. The scene transitions to a street where two oxen pull a wooden cart, guided by a man. A large colonial-style building stands in the background, with a vintage streetlamp visible. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color fading, offering authentic archival footage of mid-20th century urban life.

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: 124754837

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 1940s Bombay home-movie footage suited to requests for urban street life, animal transport, colonial-era surroundings, or short documentary cutaways of everyday movement.
Period detail: The ox-drawn wooden cart, open road, streetlamp, landscaped grounds, and large colonial-style building may show mid-20th-century Bombay streetscape details.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a visitor's street-level position, briefly holding on the field before following the ox cart as it crosses the road.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a cloudy field, trees, landscaped planting, oxen, a wooden cart, a cart driver, a streetlamp, and a large building beyond the road.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, dark exposure shifts, visible frame edges, color fading, and handheld framing that preserve a home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short transition from open grounds to street activity, or as a cutaway for transport, travel, and memory sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually places animal-drawn transport beside formal urban landscaping and substantial architecture without identifying the building or street.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so copyright, likeness, location, and property considerations should be reviewed separately before final use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1940s Bombay 8mm footage, India ox cart street scene, colonial-era Bombay home movie, and vintage animal-drawn transport.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with Bombay or India footage from 1946, then with broader themes of street transport, urban landscapes, and travel views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay home-movie frame showing a dim, cloudy view across a grassy field, trees, and low planting. — A dark wide view of grass, trees, and planting before the street scene begins.

1946 Bombay street view with oxen pulling a wooden cart past trees, a streetlamp, and a large building in shadow. — An ox-drawn cart moves across the road in front of trees and a large building.

1946 Bombay footage shows an ox cart and driver crossing the road near a streetlamp and landscaped grounds. — The cart and oxen pass the streetlamp as the background building becomes clearer.

1946 Bombay home-movie frame of an ox-drawn cart moving past lawns, trees, and a large colonial-style building. — The ox cart continues across the frame with lawns and the building behind it.

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