Bombay India-1946: View Of Wooden Boats And Grey Building On A Cloudy Day

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

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View Of Wooden Boats And Grey Building On A Cloudy Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a bustling waterfront in Bombay, India. The footage shows numerous wooden boats and barges crowded along the shore, some loaded with cargo like yellow barrels and covered goods. People are visible on the vessels, engaged in daily activity. In the background, a large grey building stands near the water under an overcast sky. The image has the characteristic grain and color palette of mid-century amateur film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into post-war Indian port 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: 124754868

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: Useful for 1940s India waterfront, port-life, and maritime commerce requests needing brief editorial home-movie texture.
Period detail: The crowded wooden boats, covered cargo, barrels, and soft color 8mm look support a mid-1940s Bombay waterfront setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes working boats from above or across the water, preserving unstaged movement by people on and around the vessels.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include moored wooden boats, yellow barrels, covered cargo, people on decks, water, a shoreline, and a grey waterfront structure.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, uneven exposure, muted color, gate shadow, and slight handheld framing consistent with amateur physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, location insert, port transition, or memory beat in a sequence about Bombay or maritime labor.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for everyday waterfront activity in Bombay, showing boats, cargo handling, and dense shoreline use without identifying individuals.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and any property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1946 Bombay 8mm waterfront, India harbor home movie, wooden boats with cargo, or postwar Bombay port footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1946 Bombay material, then broader India waterfront, harbor, wooden boat, or cargo-handling scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay waterfront view with moored wooden boats, people on deck, covered cargo, barrels, and water beyond. — Wooden boats and cargo line the Bombay waterfront as people stand on the vessels.

1946 Bombay harbor scene showing wooden boats packed near shore, with people, tarps, barrels, and pale water in the background. — Boats sit close together near shore with cargo and people visible aboard.

1946 Bombay port view with stacked yellow barrels, covered boat cargo, several wooden hulls, and small figures moving near the water. — Cargo and barrels are visible on boats clustered along the waterfront.

1946 Bombay waterfront footage showing crowded wooden boats, people aboard, tarped cargo, yellow barrels, and a grey shoreline structure. — A dense group of wooden boats fills the harbor edge with cargo and people aboard.

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