Calcutta India-1962: Ornate Red and Gold Building with Filigree Architecture

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

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Ornate Red and Gold Building with Filigree Architecture — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1962 captures a grand, ornate building in Calcutta, India, showcasing its intricate filigree and regal architecture. The structure features a prominent red and gold color scheme with detailed decorative patterns and a distinctive golden roof. A person walks near the entrance, adding a sense of scale and life to the scene. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color fading, and slight camera shake, evoking a nostalgic, archival quality. This historic landmark stands as a cultural monument, preserved in a moment of everyday life.

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: 123723326

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: Fills a 1960s India/South Asia heritage architecture slot for documentary, educational, or cultural productions needing Calcutta landmark exterior B-roll.
Period detail: 8mm color stock with muted warm-shifted tones and visible grain places this in the early 1960s; tiered pagoda-style roof and gilded animal-motif reliefs may indicate Chinese-influenced architectural tradition.
Home-movie behavior: Camera holds a steady wide angle on the facade, suggesting a tourist or visitor methodically documenting a notable local landmark rather than capturing spontaneous activity.
What appears in frame: Multi-tiered pagoda-style roof, gilded animal-motif reliefs on a red-and-cream frieze, white lower facade, dark-framed rectangular windows, a central doorway, flagpoles, a lone standing figure, and clear blue sky.
Film character: Mild color drift toward muted warm tones, visible 8mm grain, and slight softness throughout give all four frames an authentic archival texture consistent with 1960s home-movie footage.
Edit role: Works as an establishing exterior insert for a South Asia or Calcutta segment, or as a static architectural cutaway within a broader 1960s travelogue sequence.
Historical context: Calcutta in 1962 hosted a diverse architectural landscape including Chinese diaspora community buildings and ornate religious institutions; the specific building shown has not been formally identified.
Research note: Building appears to be a public landmark or religious institution; one or more figures are visible near the entrance but faces are not clearly resolved — standard editorial-use caution applies.
Research search match: Researchers seeking 1960s India home-movie footage, Calcutta architecture exterior, Asian-influenced ornate building, South Asia travelogue, or historic landmark B-roll.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from this same reel or visit, then with 1960s Calcutta or India footage, then with Asian-influenced or ornate civic architecture clips from the same era.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm frame from 1962 Calcutta showing an ornate building with pagoda-style tiered roof, gold relief carvings on a red frieze band, and a lone figure near the entrance. — A lone figure pauses near the entrance of an ornate Calcutta landmark, 1962.

8mm frame from 1962 Calcutta; ornate building with tiered pagoda roof and gilded relief frieze, with a figure visible to the right of the entrance. — Gold relief carvings line the red facade band as a figure stands near the doorway, Calcutta 1962.

8mm frame from 1962 Calcutta; lower facade of ornate building emphasizing gold animal-motif reliefs on red band; tiered roof above and figure near the entrance below. — Gilded ornamental reliefs on the red facade band of a Calcutta landmark, 1962.

8mm frame from 1962 Calcutta; full facade view of ornate building with pagoda-style tiered roof, gilded carvings on red frieze, and a figure near the entrance. — Full facade of the ornate Calcutta landmark with tiered pagoda roof and gilded carvings, 1962.

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