Calcutta India-1962: Monk and Passengers Traveling by Boat

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

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Monk and Passengers Traveling by Boat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a group of people traveling by boat in Calcutta, India. A monk in saffron robes sits calmly at the front of the wooden boat, while passengers in casual attire enjoy the ride. A boatman in a wide-brimmed hat paddles steadily, navigating the calm water. The footage shows gentle movement and natural light, with visible film grain and scratches that enhance its authentic, nostalgic quality. The scene evokes a sense of peaceful travel and cultural observation from mid-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: 123724696

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 Calcutta travel footage suited to documentary inserts about river transport, everyday movement, or visitor-shot impressions of urban India.
Period detail: The 8mm color frames may show early 1960s clothing, a wooden passenger boat, hand paddling, and a robed religious figure seated among other travelers.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unposed passenger grouping, with people sitting quietly as the boatman works and the camera observes from a distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wooden boat, calm water, seated passengers, a saffron-robed monk, a wide-brimmed hat, long paddles, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The clip carries a home-movie texture with soft focus, uneven exposure, visible scratches, gate edges, and muted color from the original 8mm scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for mid-century travel, waterways, or observed daily life in Calcutta.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for small-boat travel and mixed passenger movement without identifying the individuals or claiming a specific event.
Research note: People and a religious figure are visible, so likeness and cultural-context review may be needed separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1962 Calcutta 8mm boat travel, India home movie monk on boat, and vintage river passenger footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Calcutta material, then broader India water transport or travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Calcutta home-movie frame showing seated passengers in a wooden boat, including a saffron-robed monk near the bow. — Passengers ride in a wooden boat with a robed figure seated at the front.

Passengers in a wooden boat in Calcutta, with a robed figure forward and paddles visible across the frame. — A small group sits in the boat as paddles pass across the foreground.

1962 Calcutta 8mm frame of seated passengers in a wooden boat, with a robed figure and hat-wearing passenger visible. — The boat moves across the water with passengers seated closely together.

Boatman stands and paddles a wooden passenger boat in 1962 Calcutta, with seated travelers and a robed figure aboard. — A standing boatman uses a long paddle while passengers sit in the wooden boat.

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