Calcutta India-1962: Black Rhino Soaks In Green Water On A Bright Sunny Day

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

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Black Rhino Soaks In Green Water On A Bright Sunny Day — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Calcutta, India, in 1962 captures a black rhinoceros soaking in green-tinted water on a bright, sunny day. The rhino, partially submerged, rests calmly with its head and back visible above the surface. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: grainy texture, slight color fading, and natural film wear. The scene transitions to a different location showing a white colonial-style building with people gathered nearby, suggesting a zoo or wildlife park setting. The overall mood is nostalgic and documentary-like, offering a glimpse into mid-20th century animal care and public life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123724476

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1960s India archive requests needing visitor-shot zoo or wildlife-park footage with a rhinoceros and brief public-space context.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, colonial-style building, and visitor clothing may show early-1960s Calcutta leisure or zoo surroundings.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor viewpoint, lingering on the resting animal before catching nearby people and architecture at the edge of the outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rhinoceros in green water, a pale wall, sunlit enclosure edges, film gate borders, trees, a white building, and visitors near a vehicle.
Film character: The scan carries home-movie texture through soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, and surface wear from the physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife cutaway, zoo-visit insert, location transition, or memory beat within a 1960s travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually links captive wildlife viewing with public leisure space, while the exact institution and building identity are not confirmed in the frames.
Research note: People are visible in the final frame, so likeness review may be needed; copyright and any location or property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1962 Calcutta 8mm zoo footage, rhinoceros in water home movie, and vintage India wildlife park visitors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Calcutta material, then broader zoo, wildlife, and travel-home-movie sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Calcutta home-movie frame showing a rhinoceros partly submerged in green water near a pale enclosure wall. — A rhinoceros rests low in green water within a sunlit enclosure.

1962 Calcutta frame of a rhinoceros soaking with head, shoulder, and ridged back visible above green water. — The rhinoceros remains nearly still, with its head and back above the waterline.

1962 Calcutta 8mm frame showing a closer, soft-focused view of the rhinoceros soaking in green water. — A closer handheld view keeps the soaking rhinoceros centered in the enclosure.

1962 Calcutta home-movie frame showing a white colonial-style building, trees, visitors, and a vehicle near the scene. — The view shifts from the animal enclosure to visitors gathered near a white building and vehicle.

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