Bombay India-1946: Bullock Cart Passing Grand Domed Colonial Building

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

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Bullock Cart Passing Grand Domed Colonial Building — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a bullock cart being pulled by two mules along a city street in Bombay, India. A man guides the cart past a large colonial-era building with a prominent dome, set against a backdrop of trees and a lamppost. The footage, with its characteristic film grain and color fading, offers a rare glimpse of mid-20th century urban life and transportation in India. The final frames focus on the grand white domed building, likely a historic landmark, reflecting in a nearby body of water. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, and nostalgic projects exploring post-war India.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: 124754848

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: Supports 1940s Bombay urban history requests needing brief 8mm views of street transport and a civic domed landmark for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The bullock cart, open roadway, colonial-era architecture, lamppost, and soft Kodachrome-like color may show mid-1940s city travel and landmark sightseeing in Bombay.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot rhythm, moving from a passing animal-drawn cart to a held view of the domed building across water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bullock cart, handler, city road, trees, lampposts, a large white domed building, columns, and water reflections.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, gate edges, muted color, grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing typical of home-movie travel footage.
Edit role: An editor can use it as a short establishing insert, a transition from street life to landmark architecture, or a memory beat for post-war Bombay.
Historical context: The images place animal-drawn transport near monumental civic architecture, suggesting the coexistence of everyday mobility and formal urban landmarks.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; landmark and street views should still be checked separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1940s Bombay 8mm street scene, India bullock cart road, vintage Bombay domed building, and home movie colonial architecture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Bombay views, then broader India street transport or landmark architecture footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay home-movie frame showing a handler guiding an animal-drawn cart past trees, lampposts, and a large colonial-era building. — A handler guides an animal-drawn cart along a city road near a large building.

1946 Bombay frame of a large white domed building with columns, trees in front, and reflections in nearby water. — A white domed building stands across water with trees along the frontage.

1946 Bombay home-movie view holding on a white domed landmark-like building, trees, cloudy sky, and water reflection. — The camera holds on the domed facade, trees, and reflection across the water.

End frame from 1946 Bombay showing the domed white building softened by 8mm focus, with trees and water in the foreground. — The final frame keeps the domed building centered above trees and water.

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