Calcutta India-1962: Steam Passenger Train Painted Blue Slowly Going By On

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

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Steam Passenger Train Painted Blue Slowly Going By On — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from Calcutta, India, in 1962 captures a steam-powered passenger train painted in vibrant blue with white stripes. The locomotive billows thick white smoke as it moves slowly along the tracks, its motion creating a sense of nostalgic travel. Passengers are visible through the windows and on the open doors, some standing as the train passes a station platform. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, characteristic of home movie recordings from the era. The scene evokes a sense of mid-century Indian transportation and daily life.

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: 123723132

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: Fills 1960s South Asian transportation requests; useful for documentaries on Indian Railways history, post-independence infrastructure, or mid-century travel.
Period detail: Blue and white painted carriages and a visible steam locomotive may reflect Indian Railways rolling stock of the early 1960s; station platform and structure support the period.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor or tourist appears to have filmed from a station platform as the train slowly passed, treating it as a travel record rather than a composed shot.
What appears in frame: Blue and white passenger carriages, steam locomotive with white smoke, station platform, trees, standing figures, passengers leaning from open windows, and a circular carriage marking.
Film character: Saturated 8mm color with visible grain and mild motion blur on the moving carriages; slight color shift and dark frame borders add texture typical of amateur film stock from this era.
Edit role: Works as a slow-pass cutaway or transport montage insert in a documentary on Indian Railways history, 1960s Asia, or post-colonial travel narratives.
Historical context: Indian Railways operated steam locomotives extensively into the 1970s; open-door carriages and platform crowds visible here reflect mid-century passenger travel conditions on the subcontinent.
Research note: Identifiable passengers lean from open windows; likeness rights cannot be confirmed. A circular emblem on the carriage side may be a railway class marking — verify before commercial use.
Research search match: Researchers seeking 1960s India steam train, Indian Railways vintage, Calcutta transportation, or South Asia 8mm travel footage may retrieve this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other Calcutta 1962 footage from the same reel; then with 1960s Indian street and transportation material; then with broader South Asian or steam railway archive footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home movie frame, circa 1962 Calcutta, India — blue and white steam passenger train at station platform with thick white smoke rising. — Steam train with white smoke at station platform, Calcutta, 1962.

8mm frame, circa 1962 Calcutta — blue and white passenger carriage passing a station platform, with a person standing nearby and a station structure above. — Passenger carriage passing station platform with figure nearby.

8mm film frame, circa 1962 Calcutta, India — passengers lean from open windows of a blue and white painted train carriage passing a station. — Passengers visible in open carriage windows as train passes station.

8mm frame, circa 1962 Calcutta — close view of blue and white passenger carriage with a circular railway marking and passenger at open window. — Railway carriage with circular emblem and passenger at open window.

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