Calcutta India-1962: People Harvesting in Flooded Field with Conical Hats

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

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People Harvesting in Flooded Field with Conical Hats — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a line of people wading through shallow water in a rural field in Calcutta, India. Dressed in dark clothing and conical hats, they bend at the waist, carefully bringing objects in and out of the water, likely harvesting or collecting resources. The scene unfolds under an overcast sky, with a muddy, waterlogged landscape stretching into the distance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, scratches, and a soft, faded color palette, evoking a sense of historical authenticity and daily life in mid-20th century India. This archival clip offers a poignant glimpse into traditional labor and rural existence.

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: 123724604

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: Supports requests for 1960s India home-movie footage showing rural field labor in shallow water for documentary, museum, or educational edits.
Period detail: The 8mm color, conical hats, dark work clothing, and waterlogged field may show everyday rural labor near Calcutta in the early 1960s.
Home-movie behavior: The distant, observational framing captures people working without posing, with the camera watching a line of figures move through the flooded field.
What appears in frame: The clip shows wading people, conical hats, shallow muddy water, field banks, distant low vegetation, utility poles, and dark film gate edges.
Film character: Soft focus, faded color, visible grain, scratches, dust, and uneven exposure give the clip a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief labor insert, rural establishing cutaway, or reflective memory beat within sequences about India or water-based field work.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for manual labor in a waterlogged rural landscape, though the exact crop, task, and identities are not confirmed.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness considerations may apply separately from copyright, with no visible logos or private property in these frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s Calcutta 8mm rural labor, India flooded field conical hats, and home movie workers wading in shallow water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1962 Calcutta footage, then broader scenes of rural water work and everyday labor in India.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Calcutta home-movie frame showing several people in conical hats working in shallow water across a muddy field. — A line of people wades through shallow water while working in a flooded field.

Distant people in conical hats appear to work across a flooded field near Calcutta in this 1962 8mm frame. — Workers appear in a horizontal line across the waterlogged field.

Several people, some bending at the waist, work in shallow water in a rural field shown in 1962 Calcutta footage. — Several figures bend and stand while working in the flooded field.

Wide 1962 Calcutta frame with people spaced across a flooded field, field banks, and utility poles in the distance. — A wider view shows the work line within the surrounding flooded landscape.

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