Bombay India-1946: Ox Cart Loaded With Sacks On Busy Street

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

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Ox Cart Loaded With Sacks On Busy Street — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures an ox-drawn cart loaded with large sacks moving through a bustling street in Bombay, India. A man in traditional attire sits atop the cargo, guiding the two oxen as they navigate the narrow road. The scene unfolds in front of a building with a tiled roof, with other figures visible in the background, offering a glimpse into daily life and transportation in mid-20th century India. The film exhibits natural grain and color shifts typical of Super 8 home movies from the era.

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: 124754944

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 documentary requests needing street transport, animal-drawn commerce, or daily-life cutaways from Bombay home-movie footage.
Period detail: The ox cart, large wooden wheels, sacks of goods, tiled roof, and pedestrians in light clothing may show mid-20th-century urban street life in Bombay.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a traveler or resident filming everyday movement as the loaded cart passes through the street.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two oxen, a wooden cart, large sacks, a seated cart driver, pedestrians, a tiled-roof building, and a narrow street edge.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color shifts, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet frame edges that add physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or contextual cutaway for transport, markets, labor, or urban daily life in 1940s Bombay.
Historical context: The scene visually documents animal-drawn goods movement alongside pedestrians in an urban Indian street setting without confirming the cargo or destination.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright or source licensing should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Bombay 8mm street footage, ox cart in India, vintage market transport, and mid-century Indian daily life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Bombay street scenes, then other 1946 India footage, then broader animal-drawn transport or market activity clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Bombay street view with two oxen pulling a wooden cart loaded with sacks as a seated driver rides above the cargo. — Loaded ox cart moving past pedestrians and a tiled-roof building.

Oxen pull a sack-laden cart through a Bombay street while the driver sits high on the load and pedestrians stand near the building. — Ox team and loaded cart passing through the street.

The 1946 Bombay home-movie frame centers on the large cart wheel and sacks, with the driver above and an ox partly visible at right. — Large wooden wheel and sacks fill the passing cart view.

The ox cart continues past the camera in Bombay, with sacks and the large wheel visible as the team moves out of frame. — Loaded cart moving out of view along the street.

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