Calcutta India-1962: People Enjoying A Beautiful Sunset From A High Place In

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

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People Enjoying A Beautiful Sunset From A High Place In — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures three silhouetted figures gazing at a golden sunset from a high vantage point in Calcutta, India. The warm orange and purple sky glows behind their dark forms, with visible film grain and scratches enhancing the nostalgic, archival quality. The scene evokes quiet companionship and reflection, framed by the natural beauty of the evening light. This authentic 1960s footage offers a timeless glimpse into a moment of shared serenity, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123723479

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: Serves requests for early 1960s South Asian documentary context or universal contemplation-at-dusk moments; useful as a reflective beat in travel, social history, or mood-driven editorial.
Period detail: 8mm film stock, heavy emulsion crazing, and warm color palette are consistent with early 1960s amateur photography; no architectural or costume detail is visible to further narrow the period.
Home-movie behavior: The camera operator filmed companions from behind in an unstaged private moment, prioritizing the sunset spectacle over posed portraiture.
What appears in frame: Three adult silhouettes, a golden-orange sun disk near the horizon, a warm diffuse sky, dark foreground mass, heavy emulsion crazing in two frames, a circular lens flare in the final frame, and pronounced grain throughout.
Film character: Heavy emulsion crazing across two frames and a pronounced circular lens flare in the final frame give the footage a palpably aged, fragile quality typical of stored 8mm reels from this era.
Edit role: Works as an atmospheric memory beat or contemplative transition; silhouettes against a setting sun provide a culturally neutral, emotionally resonant insert between scenes.
Historical context: Metadata places this in Calcutta, 1962; the home-movie format suggests a leisure or travel moment, though no visual landmarks in the frames independently confirm the location.
Research note: Figures are fully silhouetted and faces are not individually identifiable; production counsel should confirm editorial-use terms and any personality-rights considerations from the credited location.
Research search match: Researchers may reach this via '1960s India sunset silhouette', 'vintage South Asia home movie dusk', '8mm contemplation 1960s', or 'silhouetted figures archival sunset'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from this reel or Calcutta 1962 series; then with 1960s South Asian travel or landscape material; then with universal silhouette-at-dusk or viewpoint-gathering clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two adult silhouettes at what metadata identifies as a high vantage point in Calcutta, 1962, watching a sunset; extreme emulsion crazing dominates the upper frame. — Silhouetted pair at sunset, Calcutta, c. 1962.

Three adult silhouettes overlook a glowing golden horizon at what metadata places as Calcutta, 1962; warm orange sky with visible sun disk, film grain, and one figure appearing to wear a head covering. — Three figures silhouetted at golden hour, Calcutta, c. 1962.

Silhouetted figures, one in a cap, watch an orange sunset from a high vantage point; emulsion crazing spreads across the upper sky, consistent with aged 8mm stock; metadata places this in Calcutta, 1962. — Silhouetted figures at dusk, Calcutta c. 1962.

Two adult silhouettes against a bright golden sunset; a circular lens flare, a common artifact in direct-sun 8mm shooting, fills the right portion of the frame; metadata places this in Calcutta, 1962. — Silhouetted pair at sunset with lens flare, Calcutta c. 1962.

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