Calcutta India-1962: Two People Enjoying Dusk View With Smiles

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

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Two People Enjoying Dusk View With Smiles — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a tender moment between two people at dusk, likely in Calcutta, India. One person, wearing a red beanie and dark jacket, smiles warmly at the camera while another, wrapped in a light-colored blanket, looks out over a misty landscape. The scene is bathed in a deep purple twilight, with visible film grain and scratches adding to its authentic, nostalgic quality. The quiet intimacy and natural beauty evoke a sense of peaceful joy and personal memory from the early 1960s.

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: 123723454

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: Early-1960s personal outdoor footage of two people at dusk; useful for documentary sequences on South Asia, travel, or personal-history narratives set in the early 1960s.
Period detail: Wool beanie and layered outerwear may suggest cool-weather conditions; the muted dusk palette and 8mm frame rate are consistent with early-1960s amateur film.
Home-movie behavior: The smiling figure turns toward the camera with unstaged warmth, suggesting a companion behind the lens capturing an unguarded personal moment outdoors at twilight.
What appears in frame: Two adults at dusk — one in red wool beanie and dark jacket facing camera and smiling, one draped in pale blanket facing away — against a purple twilight sky and silhouetted hill ridge.
Film character: Moderate grain and surface scratches visible across all four frames, with a cool twilight exposure, give the footage an authentic physical-film texture typical of scanned 8mm stock.
Edit role: Works as a memory beat or contemplative cutaway in personal-history or travel documentary sequences about South Asia or early-1960s everyday life.
Historical context: 8mm home-movie capture of private leisure at twilight abroad in the early 1960s; intimate personal travel footage from this period is relatively scarce in public archives.
Research note: At least one adult face is clearly identifiable across all frames; likeness rights cannot be assumed and should be assessed before editorial or commercial use.
Research search match: 1960s India home movie dusk outdoor, vintage 8mm personal film South Asia 1962, early sixties travel footage twilight companions.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or donor collection; then with 1960s India or South Asia travel footage; then with dusk or outdoor personal-memory sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two adults at dusk in footage described as Calcutta, India, 1962; one wears a red wool beanie and smiles at the camera, the other faces away wrapped in a pale blanket. — Two people at dusk, one smiling in red beanie, companion in pale wrap, c. 1962.

Smiling adult in red wool beanie at twilight, second adult seen from behind at left; 8mm footage described as Calcutta, India, 1962. — Adult in red beanie smiling toward the lens, companion's back at left, dusk sky behind, c. 1962.

Close-medium view of smiling adult in red beanie outdoors at dusk, second figure in pale wrap at lower left; 8mm footage described as Calcutta, India, 1962. — Smiling adult in red beanie at twilight, companion partially in frame at lower left, c. 1962.

Closing frame: smiling adult in red beanie at dusk, second figure in pale wrap at lower left; 8mm footage described as Calcutta, India, 1962. — Person in red beanie smiles toward camera as clip ends, dusk sky fading behind, c. 1962.

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