Calcutta India-1962: Workers Harvesting Rice in Flooded Fields

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

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Workers Harvesting Rice in Flooded Fields — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage footage captures a group of workers in conical hats laboring in flooded rice fields in Calcutta, India. The workers wade through shallow water, bending to collect rice by hand in a traditional agricultural method. The scene is set under an overcast sky, with a tall utility pole standing in the water and distant fields stretching into the horizon. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic frame edges of a home movie, offering an authentic glimpse into rural life and farming practices of the era.

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: 123724575

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: 1960s 8mm footage for documentary or educational edits needing workers harvesting by hand in flooded fields near Calcutta, India.
Period detail: The conical hats, hand gathering, flooded plots, distant flat fields, and utility pole may show mid-century agricultural labor conditions in the Calcutta area.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the observed, unstaged rhythm of workers bending, wading, and gathering crops from a distant home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include workers in shallow water, conical hats, muddy flooded fields, a tall utility pole, low vegetation, distant fields, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, gate edges, and mild handheld instability that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief agricultural cutaway, location insert, labor-history transition, or quiet observational beat in a 1960s sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually documents manual field labor in flooded agricultural land, with workers moving through shallow water rather than using visible machinery.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos, music, or private property are evident from the frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s 8mm India rice field workers, Calcutta flooded fields, hand harvesting in water, and archival home movie agriculture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Calcutta or India material, then broader rice farming and manual labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Calcutta-area footage shows workers wading and bending in flooded agricultural fields beside a utility pole. — Workers gather crops by hand in shallow flooded fields, with a utility pole rising from the water.

Workers in conical hats move through shallow flooded fields in the Calcutta, India area in 1962 8mm footage. — A line of workers continues hand labor in the flooded field as flat farmland extends into the distance.

The 8mm frame shows Calcutta-area field workers bending in shallow water during manual agricultural work in 1962. — Workers lean into the water to collect crops, framed by field edges and visible 8mm gate borders.

A wider 1962 Calcutta-area view shows workers spaced across flooded agricultural land with water channels beyond. — The final frame holds on workers in the flooded plot, with water channels and brown fields in the background.

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