Calcutta India-1962: People Standing on Platform Aboard Boat

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

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People Standing on Platform Aboard Boat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage footage captures a small group of people standing on a wooden platform attached to a boat in Calcutta, India. The scene unfolds on a calm river under a soft, hazy sky, with a man in a white shirt rowing a small boat alongside. The silhouetted figures, dressed in period clothing, appear to be waiting or observing, with some gesturing toward the water. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, scratches, and a warm, faded color palette, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic home movie offers a glimpse into mid-century river life and tourism in India.

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: 123722968

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 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

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: Serves documentary or educational productions needing authentic 8mm footage of river life and tourism in 1960s India, particularly Calcutta.
Period detail: Period dress and wooden river craft construction are consistent with early 1960s India; the raised platform barge with chairs may suggest a tourist or ceremonial river outing.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from a visitor's perspective recording fellow passengers on a river excursion, capturing an unstaged moment of people standing and observing the water.
What appears in frame: Elevated wooden platform barge, group of roughly ten to fifteen figures in period dress, man in white in adjacent rowboat, calm river surface, pale hazy sky, wooden chairs and railings, visible film frame borders.
Film character: Strong 8mm grain, film scratches most pronounced in later frames, warm faded color palette, and heavy vignetting at frame edges lend authentic archival texture throughout.
Edit role: Functions as an establishing cutaway for 1960s South Asia river sequences; the silhouetted group against an open sky also works as a reflective memory beat.
Historical context: River travel and boat outings were common in mid-century Calcutta; the raised platform craft may reflect local river tourism or a communal gathering of the period.
Research note: Multiple adults are visible and partially identifiable; editorial use requires standard third-party appearance caution; copyright rests with the original filmmaker.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1960s India river, Calcutta vintage footage, South Asia river travel, or 8mm boat India home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or shoot; then with 1960s India or South Asia footage; then with mid-century river travel or tourism sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Group of roughly ten figures in period dress standing on a raised wooden boat platform on a calm river in Calcutta, India, circa 1962, shot on 8mm film. — Passengers on a river platform boat, Calcutta, 1962.

Group of figures standing on a raised platform boat on a calm river, with a white-shirted oarsman in an adjacent rowboat, circa 1962 Calcutta, India. — River platform boat and passengers alongside rowboat, Calcutta, 1962.

Slightly lower angle reveals the wooden post-and-beam structure beneath the river platform with the group above and an oarsman alongside, circa 1962 Calcutta, India. — Wooden river platform substructure and passengers, Calcutta, 1962.

Closer framing of the platform boat group in Calcutta circa 1962; heavy film scratches and crackle overlay the scene, with one figure appearing to gesture with a raised arm. — Figures on river platform with raised-arm gesture, Calcutta, 1962.

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