Calcutta India-1962: Fishermen Working In Flooded Rice Paddies

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

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Fishermen Working In Flooded Rice Paddies — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a group of fishermen working in a flooded rice paddy in Calcutta, India. Dressed in dark clothing and traditional conical hats, they wade through the water, bent over as they harvest or tend to crops. The footage shows a line of workers moving slowly across the shallow, reflective water, with a wooden pole visible in the background. The image is grainy and weathered, with visible scratches and a soft, faded color palette typical of Super 8 film from the era. This authentic archival clip offers a glimpse into rural labor and daily life in mid-20th century India.

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: 123724616

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 of people working in flooded fields near Calcutta, useful for documentary sequences on rural labor, food production, or everyday life in India.
Period detail: The conical hats, hand labor in shallow water, and soft 8mm color may show mid-20th-century agricultural or fishing work rather than mechanized production.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie feel, watching workers from a distance as they bend, wade, and move slowly through the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several workers, conical hats, dark clothing, shallow reflective water, muddy field ridges, a wooden pole, and small nets or baskets.
Film character: The footage carries warm faded color, visible grain, gate marks, soft focus, and light scratches that read as original 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, rural labor insert, geographic transition, or quiet memory beat within a broader India or agriculture sequence.
Historical context: The frames show manual outdoor work in a flooded field setting, offering visual context for collective labor and water-based rural activity without identifying individuals.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from subject clearance.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s Calcutta India 8mm, fishermen in flooded rice paddies, rural Indian field workers, and vintage home movie agricultural labor.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Calcutta material, then broader clips of rural labor, water work, and mid-century India.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Calcutta home-movie frame showing workers in conical hats standing and bending in shallow flooded fields. — Workers move through shallow water in a flooded field, with a wooden pole and muddy ridges behind them.

1962 Calcutta frame with several distant workers bending and standing in a flooded paddy or waterlogged field. — A line of workers bends over in the water while muddy field ridges stretch across the background.

Distant 1962 Calcutta home-movie view of workers in conical hats spread across a flooded field. — Workers are spaced across the shallow water, some bent over as they work near the field edge.

1962 Calcutta frame showing workers in shallow water, with conical hats and possible nets or baskets visible. — Workers continue across the flooded field, with baskets or nets visible near several figures.

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