Bombay India-1946: People Walking Through Boat-Cluttered Waterfront With Crane Raising Equipment

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

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People Walking Through Boat-Cluttered Waterfront With... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures a densely packed waterfront in Bombay, India, filled with weathered boats and makeshift structures. People in traditional clothing walk along narrow pathways between the vessels, some carrying goods. A crane lifts equipment amidst the cluttered scene, highlighting post-war recovery efforts. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 home movie evokes a sense of historical authenticity and daily life in mid-century India. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse into the city's bustling, resourceful communities.

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: 124754888

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 editorial sequences needing Bombay waterfront labor, small boats, and postwar urban harbor atmosphere from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The crowded wooden craft, narrow planked walkways, simple work clothing, and muted 8mm color may show mid-1940s waterfront conditions in Bombay.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from an elevated visitor viewpoint as people move through the waterfront without staging or direct attention to the filmer.
What appears in frame: Visible details include moored boats, planked paths, scattered gear, a lifting boom or crane, waterfront debris, and several pedestrians in light clothing.
Film character: Soft focus, uneven exposure, color fading, gate edges, and handheld framing give the clip a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a brief establishing cutaway, transition, or memory beat for harbor life, urban labor, or travel in 1940s Bombay.
Historical context: The scene shows everyday movement through a dense working waterfront, with boats and improvised structures packed closely together.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Bombay waterfront, India harbor home movie, 8mm boats and pedestrians, and crane activity near crowded docks.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Bombay 1946 material, then broader India waterfront, boats, labor, and travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay waterfront seen from above, with packed boats, rough walkways, debris, and pedestrians moving through the harbor area. — Pedestrians move among boats and equipment along a crowded Bombay waterfront.

Bombay harbor area in 1946 with tightly packed boats, a narrow crossing, pedestrians, and work gear visible in soft 8mm color. — People cross a narrow waterfront path between moored boats and gear.

Crowded 1946 Bombay waterfront with pedestrians on a plank route, packed small boats, gear, and a blurred figure at the edge. — Pedestrians navigate a plank route through a densely packed harbor scene.

1946 Bombay waterfront from an elevated home-movie view, showing packed boats, a walkway, pedestrians, and a blurred foreground passerby. — A blurred foreground passerby frames the busy boat-cluttered waterfront.

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