Calcutta India-1962: Trolley And Vehicles In Busy Street With Citizens Boarding

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

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Trolley And Vehicles In Busy Street With Citizens Boarding — Clip Details

CALCUTTA INDIA-1962: A vibrant street scene captured on 8mm film, showcasing a yellow and red trolley moving through a bustling urban environment. The footage features a mix of vintage vehicles, including a white van and a rickshaw, navigating the crowded road. Citizens in period clothing, some wearing white shirts, are seen boarding the trolley and walking along the sidewalks. The setting includes multi-story buildings with storefronts and awnings, under bright daylight that highlights the film's natural grain and color saturation. This authentic home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse into daily life in 1960s Calcutta, perfect for historical 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: 123724509

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: Useful for documentary or educational requests needing 1960s Calcutta street transit, mixed traffic, and everyday urban movement from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The trolley, older vans, rickshaw-like street traffic, awnings, and period clothing support an early-1960s urban India setting as described in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged roadside view of passengers boarding and vehicles passing, with the camera observing daily street activity rather than arranging the scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow and red trolley, people boarding or riding, a white van, dark truck, rickshaw-like vehicle, storefront awnings, multi-story facades, and busy roadway.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows visible grain, soft focus, color shifts, gate edges, and slight handheld framing that read as authentic physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, transit cutaway, street-life transition, or memory beat within a sequence about 1960s Calcutta.
Historical context: The scene shows public transport sharing the road with small vehicles and pedestrians, suggesting dense everyday movement in a commercial street setting.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so copyright, likeness, and contextual use should be reviewed separately; no clear logos or private interiors are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Search matches include 1962 Calcutta street trolley, 8mm India city traffic, vintage tram passengers, and home-movie urban transport footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Calcutta street scenes, then broader 1960s India transit or everyday city-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Calcutta street view with a yellow and red trolley in traffic, a white van, and blurred foreground vehicle movement. — A trolley and several vehicles move along a commercial street lined with awnings and upper-story windows.

1962 Calcutta street traffic with a yellow and red trolley near the curb and older vehicles passing in daylight. — The trolley is seen beside storefront awnings while cars and other vehicles pass through the frame.

A 1962 Calcutta trolley moves through mixed traffic, with passengers visible and a dark vehicle crossing the foreground. — Mixed street traffic passes close to the trolley, with passengers visible through the open side.

In 1962 Calcutta, people are visible around the rear of a yellow and red trolley as mixed traffic passes nearby. — People cluster near the trolley entrance while a dark truck and other street traffic move through the scene.

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