Calcutta India-1962: Entrance Of Religious Temple In India With People And Cow

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationCalcutta, India
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 in Calcutta India

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Entrance Of Religious Temple In India With People And Cow — Clip Details

CALCUTTA INDIA-1962: This vintage 8mm home movie captures a sun-drenched scene at a religious temple entrance. A man in a white shirt and light trousers stands with a woman in a dark dress, both observing the surroundings. A light-colored cow walks calmly through the stone steps, passing between them and a seated figure. The temple's ornate architecture, with its dark stone facade and carved lions, frames the scene under a bright sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse into daily life and devotion in 1960s 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: 123722280

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$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.

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1399 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: feb
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: india,calcuta,bengali
Date: 1962 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: Calcutta, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Serves 1960s South Asia documentary needs: temple life, sacred cow, and colonial-era India street atmosphere for history, religion, and travel productions.
Period detail: Temple spire architecture and the man's Western dress (white shirt, light trousers) alongside the woman's dark dress are consistent with early-1960s style; metadata dates the footage to 1962.
Home-movie behavior: A Western-dressed couple pauses at a temple entrance to observe, capturing an outsider's tourist perspective on everyday sacred life in 1962 India.
What appears in frame: Frames show a pointed Hindu temple spire, dark stone steps and pillars, a light-colored cow crossing the platform, a man in white shirt and light trousers, a woman in a dark dress, and tree canopy against a bright sky.
Film character: Warm 8mm color palette with visible grain and strong contrast between the bright sky and shaded stone architecture; soft focus consistent with amateur 8mm optics of the period.
Edit role: Works as a transitional establishing shot, a sacred-space cutaway, or a texture insert in a documentary on 1960s India, religious life, or South Asian social history.
Historical context: Sacred cows moving freely through Hindu temple precincts was commonplace in 1960s Calcutta; the Western clothing on the couple suggests foreign tourists or expatriates visiting the site.
Research note: Adult faces are partially visible; likeness rights for living individuals should be assessed before use; no logos, private interiors, or minors are apparent; copyright rests with the original filmmaker.
Research search match: Researchers may query 1960s India temple footage, Calcutta street life, sacred cow B-roll, Hindu temple entrance, or vintage South Asia travel home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same apparent reel; then with 1960s Calcutta or India footage; then with South Asian religious or street-life material from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

Hindu temple spire and dark stone architectural overhang, likely Calcutta, India, circa 1962, from 8mm home movie footage. — Temple spire and roofline at a religious site, circa 1962.

A man in white shirt and woman in dark dress stand on stone temple steps as a pale cow walks by, at a Hindu temple in Calcutta, India, circa 1962. — Visitors and a cow on stone temple steps, circa 1962.

Man in white shirt and woman in dark dress at a Hindu temple entrance, a pale cow visible on stone steps, Calcutta, India, circa 1962, 8mm home movie. — Couple and cow at the temple entrance platform, circa 1962.

Three people near the entrance of a Hindu temple, including a man in white and a woman in dark dress, Calcutta, India, circa 1962, 8mm home movie. — Visitors near a Hindu temple entrance, circa 1962.

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