Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a candid scene in Calcutta, India, where a woman in a red sari washes a child by a river. Other children and adults are seen bathing and washing clothes on the stone ghats under bright sunlight. The footage shows natural, unposed activity with authentic period clothing and a grainy, color-bleached aesthetic typical of Super 8 film from the early 1960s. The scene reflects daily life along the riverbank, with people engaged in routine chores.
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