Calcutta India-1962: Snow-Capped Mountain Peak at Dusk

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

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Snow-Capped Mountain Peak at Dusk — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from 1962, captured in Calcutta, India, showing a panoramic view of a mountain peak silhouette against a dusky sky. The footage features soft pink and purple hues in the clouds, with snow-capped peaks visible in the distance. The image is grainy and textured, with visible film scratches and dust, characteristic of Super 8 home movie footage. The scene evokes a sense of quiet nostalgia and natural beauty, with the dark mountain outline standing against the twilight sky.

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: 123723342

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Suits 1960s India/South Asia documentary sequences needing a contemplative landscape insert, useful as atmospheric filler or mood-setter for travel, Himalayan, or independence-era South Asia narratives.
Period detail: Grain structure, emulsion cracking, and 8mm frame format are consistent with early-1960s amateur film stock; no datable text or vehicles are visible to independently verify the stated 1962 date.
Home-movie behavior: The steady, unhurried single-shot framing suggests a traveller pausing to record a personally meaningful mountain view, characteristic of amateur tourist documentation rather than staged cinematography.
What appears in frame: Dark mountain ridge silhouette along lower edge, layered clouds in mid-frame, twilight sky shifting blue-grey to pink-purple, heavy film grain, scattered dust specks, and emulsion cracking throughout.
Film character: Heavy grain structure and visible emulsion micro-cracking give the image a textured, painterly surface; dust specks and a scratch visible in the final frame are authentic markers of 60-year-old 8mm material.
Edit role: Works as a contemplative cutaway or act-break transition in South Asia or Himalayan documentaries, providing tonal breathing room between archival sequences.
Historical context: Shot in the early 1960s during a period of significant change following Indian independence; mountain tourism and amateur 8mm filmmaking were increasingly common among middle-class South Asian families of the era.
Research note: No identifiable people, brands, or private interiors are visible; rights rest with the original filmmaker's estate, and standard archival licensing applies; clearance cannot be guaranteed.
Research search match: Researchers may find this via queries like '1960s India mountain landscape 8mm', 'Himalayan dusk archival footage', or 'vintage South Asia travel film twilight sky'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or India 1962 sequence; then with 1960s South Asian landscape or Himalayan travel footage; then with dusk or twilight nature clips from the same era.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm film frame c. 1962 showing a dark mountain ridge silhouette below a blue-grey cloud-filled twilight sky, India. — Mountain silhouette against a dusky blue sky, c. 1962.

8mm film frame c. 1962 showing a dark mountain outline beneath clouds with multiple film dust particles visible, India. — Mountain outline below cloudy sky with film dust artifacts, c. 1962.

8mm film frame c. 1962 showing a dark mountain ridge below pink and purple twilight clouds, with pronounced grain and emulsion cracking, India. — Mountain silhouette below pink dusk clouds with emulsion cracking, c. 1962.

8mm film frame c. 1962 showing a mountain ridge silhouette below pink twilight clouds, with a curved scratch artifact in the lower right corner, India. — Mountain ridge at dusk with visible film scratch artifact, c. 1962.

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