Calcutta India-1962: Man Prepares To Go On A River Boat Trip With Other Tourists

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

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Man Prepares To Go On A River Boat Trip With Other Tourists — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a riverboat journey in Calcutta, India. Passengers, including a man in a white tank top and a woman in a light-colored shirt, board a small wooden boat. A figure in a traditional orange robe, likely a monk, is visible among the travelers. The scene unfolds on a calm river under bright sunlight, with the film's characteristic grain and soft focus adding to its nostalgic, archival quality. The camera remains steady, observing the boarding process from a nearby vantage point.

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: 123724709

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 8mm home-movie footage suited for documentary requests about river travel, tourism, and everyday boat scenes in India.
Period detail: The clothing, small wooden boat, soft 8mm color, and visitor viewpoint support the 1962 home-movie context without showing identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip records an unstaged boarding or settling-in moment as travelers shift positions in a small boat under bright sun.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a narrow wooden river boat, seated passengers, a standing boatman with a long pole, calm water, bright glare, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The footage has grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, and slight contact-print wear that read as authentic 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, travel-transition beat, or cutaway for mid-century river movement and tourist observation.
Historical context: The scene shows visitors and local river transport sharing a small boat, offering social context for travel and waterborne movement in Calcutta.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from subject clearance.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 Calcutta river boat, India 8mm home movie, tourists boarding wooden boat, and vintage river travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Calcutta 1962 material, then broader India river travel or tourist-journey footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Calcutta home-movie frame showing travelers in a small wooden river boat with a standing boatman near the bow. — Travelers sit in a wooden river boat as a boatman steadies or moves it with a pole.

1962 Calcutta river scene with seated travelers in a narrow wooden boat and a standing boatman using a pole. — A boatman stands near the bow while passengers sit low in the river boat.

1962 Calcutta home-movie view of travelers seated in a wooden river boat as a standing man handles a pole. — The passengers appear settled in the boat while the standing man guides it from the front.

1962 Calcutta river-boat frame showing seated passengers, including a robed figure, in a narrow wooden boat. — Passengers sit close together in the boat as it moves or prepares to move on the river.

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