Bombay India-1946: Man Working On Boat Deck In Harbor

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

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Man Working On Boat Deck In Harbor — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a man in traditional white clothing crouched on a boat deck in Bombay, India. The scene shows him working with a hose or tool near a large cylindrical tank, surrounded by ropes and maritime equipment. The footage has a grainy, sun-drenched quality with faded colors typical of mid-century amateur film. The setting appears to be a busy dock or harbor, with other boats and structures visible in the background. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse into daily life and labor in 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: 124754913

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

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 documentary or museum edits needing Bombay harbor labor, small craft, and maritime deck activity from 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The visible clothing, wooden boats, ropes, deck fittings, and harbor setting may show mid-1940s working waterfront details in Bombay.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in its patient observation of a crouched worker handling equipment on a boat deck from a nearby amateur viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a crowded harbor, small boats, a crouched man in white clothing, ropes, hoses or lines, a large cylindrical tank, deck fittings, and moored craft.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, warm sun exposure, slight color fading, and contact-sheet edge darkness consistent with amateur physical film.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short cutaway, labor insert, harbor transition, or memory beat within a sequence about Bombay, maritime work, or everyday postwar life.
Historical context: The footage visually situates a working figure among boats and harbor equipment, offering social texture without identifying the person, vessel, or exact dock.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and contextual use should be reviewed separately from copyright, with no visible logos or clearly identifiable private property in these frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1946 Bombay harbor 8mm, India boat deck worker, vintage home movie waterfront labor, and postwar Indian maritime footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Bombay 1946 harbor views, then broader 1940s India labor or waterfront scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay harbor view with clustered boats, larger vessels, rigging, and dockside structures in soft 8mm color. — A busy harbor view shows small boats gathered near larger vessels and waterfront structures.

Man in white clothing crouches on a Bombay boat deck near hoses, ropes, fittings, and a large cylindrical tank. — A crouched worker handles equipment on a boat deck beside ropes and a cylindrical tank.

In 1946 Bombay footage, a crouched man works with a hose or line on a boat deck surrounded by ropes and fittings. — The worker remains crouched on deck, focused on a line or tool among maritime gear.

Crouched worker on a Bombay boat deck near a large cylindrical tank, ropes, posts, and sunlit maritime hardware. — A final view keeps the worker framed beside the tank and deck equipment on the harbor craft.

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