Calcutta India-1962: Woman In White Looking At Chinese Store Window

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

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Woman In White Looking At Chinese Store Window — Clip Details

A woman in a white dress and a man in a blue shirt stand at a shop window in Calcutta, India, in 1962. The storefront features a green and white facade with red neon Chinese characters above. The woman, carrying a black handbag, looks intently at the display, while the man stands beside her. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the vibrant colors and grainy texture of a vintage home movie, offering a nostalgic glimpse into daily life in 1960s India.

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: 123724545

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: Yes
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 1960s Calcutta street-life or shopping inserts where editors need real 8mm home-movie footage of pedestrians pausing at a storefront.
Period detail: The clothing, green-and-white shopfront, display window, and red Chinese characters may show an urban commercial street scene in Calcutta in 1962.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged pause as a woman with a handbag studies a window display while a man beside her faces the shop.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a white dress, a man in a blue shirt, a glass display counter, red Chinese characters, green trim, curtains, and passersby.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, soft focus, uneven exposure, visible grain, and slight handheld framing consistent with home-movie shooting.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, transition, or street-level memory beat within a sequence about shopping, travel, or city life.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for everyday public browsing and storefront design in an Indian city without proving the shop identity or owner.
Research note: People and storefront signage are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location-identification review may be needed in addition to copyright clearance.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 Calcutta 8mm street footage, Chinese storefront window, woman shopping, Indian city home movie, and vintage shop display.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Calcutta street views, then broader 1960s India shopping or storefront footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Dark 8mm frame of a Calcutta storefront in 1962, with a woman in white and another figure near a glass display beneath red Chinese characters. — A woman stands near a shop window under red Chinese characters.

In 1962 Calcutta, a woman in a white dress carries a black handbag while looking at a green-and-white storefront with red Chinese characters above. — The woman pauses at the display window with her handbag at her side.

A man in a blue shirt and a woman in a white dress stand at a Calcutta shopfront in 1962, with red Chinese characters above the window. — Two pedestrians stand close to the display counter outside the shop.

The final 1962 Calcutta frame shows the woman facing the storefront display as the man in blue remains beside the green-trimmed window. — The woman continues looking into the shop window as the man stands nearby.

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