Bombay India-1946: Front Of Capitol Building With Traffic

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

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Front Of Capitol Building With Traffic — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures the grand white domed capitol building in Bombay, India, under a cloudy sky. The classical architecture features prominent columns and a central dome, framed by lush green trees along a waterfront. A few early automobiles are visible on the road in front, with a body of water in the foreground. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight blurriness, and the characteristic dark borders of an 8mm home movie, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century Indian civic life.

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: 124754854

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s Bombay civic, waterfront, traffic, or landmark establishing material in documentary, museum, education, or period commercial edits.
Period detail: The white domed public building, early automobiles, open waterfront edge, and soft 8mm color may show mid-1940s urban Bombay as recorded by a visitor.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot landmark view, holding on the facade from across water rather than staging action or directing people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a domed white civic facade, columned frontage, waterfront, roadside trees, cloudy sky, adjacent buildings, and small automobiles.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, gate borders, and modest handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, location cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into Bombay civic and waterfront sequences.
Historical context: The view places a monumental public building beside water and road traffic, offering visual context for urban civic space in Bombay without proving a specific event.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are evident, but landmark, property, copyright, and exact building identification should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s Bombay 8mm footage, India waterfront civic building, vintage traffic outside domed building, and home movie landmark view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then with Bombay 1946 material, then with Indian civic architecture, waterfront traffic, and mid-century travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay home-movie view of a white domed civic building across water, partly framed by trees under a cloudy sky. — White domed building seen from across water in Bombay.

1946 Bombay frame showing the domed white civic facade, roadside trees, and a small automobile near the right edge. — Domed facade and roadside traffic near the waterfront.

Soft 8mm frame from Bombay showing a partial white civic building, waterfront foreground, trees, and small cars at the roadside. — Partial facade with trees and cars along the road.

1946 Bombay view of a white civic facade across water with trees, adjacent buildings, and small automobiles beneath a cloudy sky. — Waterfront view of the civic facade and surrounding road.

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