Calcutta India-1962: Beautiful Yellow Red And White Decorated Building

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

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Beautiful Yellow Red And White Decorated Building — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a beautifully decorated building in Calcutta, India. The structure features intricate yellow, red, and white architectural details with ornate carvings and traditional design elements. The footage, showing natural film grain and slight wear, offers a nostalgic glimpse of historic Indian architecture. A person is briefly visible near the entrance, adding a human element to the scene. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring mid-century 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: 123723298

Rights & Clearance

$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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 briefs requiring Calcutta architectural establishing shots, usable in editorial, heritage, or educational productions about mid-century India.
Period detail: 8mm color rendering, visible figure's attire, and the painted decorative facade style are consistent with early 1960s Calcutta; the rooftop pavilion may reflect Bengali or Jain temple tradition.
Home-movie behavior: The framing and upward tilt suggest a visitor's instinct to document an impressive facade — unhurried and observational, without staging, capturing a traveler's encounter with an ornate landmark.
What appears in frame: Multi-story decorated facade with yellow and cream plasterwork, painted ornamental friezes, red horizontal bands, white arched stucco relief elements, a tiered rooftop pavilion, colorful entrance doorway panels, and a person standing near the entrance.
Film character: Natural 8mm grain and edge vignetting give the footage a warm, slightly faded palette consistent with early 1960s color reversal stock, lending authentic period texture with no significant deterioration.
Edit role: Functions best as an establishing shot or archival cutaway in a documentary sequence about 1960s Calcutta, or as a visual anchor for narration on South Asian architectural heritage.
Historical context: The richly painted facade with decorative friezes, colored horizontal bands, and a rooftop pavilion suggests a temple or culturally significant public building; specific identification requires specialist research.
Research note: A person is visible near the entrance across multiple frames; individual identification is not determinable but likeness review is advised. The building may carry architectural rights under Indian law.
Research search match: Researchers may query '1960s Calcutta architecture,' 'vintage India building 8mm,' 'decorated temple facade India,' or 'South Asia home movie 1962'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel showing Calcutta street scenes, then with 1960s India footage broadly, then with decorated South Asian temple or civic architecture content.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm frame from 1962 Calcutta showing a decorated building's full elevation — tiered rooftop pavilion with finial, painted yellow and red facade, white arched relief elements, blue sky above — Wide view of the building's full facade including tiered rooftop structure, Calcutta, 1962.

1962 Calcutta, 8mm: close-up of richly decorated facade — yellow painted plasterwork, ornamental frieze, red band, white arched stucco relief, wooden shuttered opening; figure partially visible at far right edge — Facade detail showing painted frieze, yellow plasterwork, and white arched ornament; figure at right edge, Calcutta, 1962.

1962 Calcutta, 8mm: facade close-up showing yellow painted ornamental walls, red banding, white arched stucco relief, colorful entrance panels in green, yellow, and red, with a person's silhouette at lower frame edge — Facade close-up with colorful entrance panels; partial figure silhouette at frame base, Calcutta, 1962.

1962 Calcutta, 8mm: decorated facade showing yellow plasterwork with painted motifs, red banding, white arched stucco relief, colorful entrance panels, and an adult figure standing near the building entrance — Adult figure near the colorful entrance of a decorated building, Calcutta, 1962.

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