Calcutta India-1962: Riverside Views Of A Town Near Ancient Ruins

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

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Riverside Views Of A Town Near Ancient Ruins — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures riverside views of Calcutta, India. The footage shows a bustling river scene with a large cargo boat loaded with sacks, passing traditional riverside buildings and a prominent temple with a tall spire. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and visible film scratches evoke a nostalgic, archival feel. The camera appears to be moving along the river, offering a dynamic perspective of daily life and historic architecture in mid-20th century Calcutta.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123724805

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 home-movie river footage for documentary inserts about travel, waterways, vernacular architecture, or urban life seen from a moving boat.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century riverside buildings, open cargo boats, and temple architecture, with 1962 and Calcutta supported by the supplied clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera appears to film from a moving river craft, giving an unstaged visitor perspective on boats, waterfront structures, and distant temple views.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include river water, a loaded cargo boat, riverside buildings, a metal-railed landing or walkway, trees, and a tall temple spire.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, faded color, gate edges, handheld movement, dust, scratches, and uneven exposure that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, river cutaway, or memory beat linking waterfront activity with historic architecture.
Historical context: The clip visually places everyday river transport near older architectural forms, without proving a specific neighborhood, landmark, or event beyond the supplied Calcutta setting.
Research note: People may be visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed, and copyright, location, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1962 Calcutta river footage, 8mm India home movie, cargo boat on river, riverside buildings, and temple spire from water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Calcutta material, then broader India river, boat, temple, and travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Calcutta home-movie frame showing a loaded cargo boat near riverside buildings, filmed from across the water. — A cargo boat with sacks moves along the riverside near multi-story waterfront buildings.

1962 Calcutta river view with a cargo boat, waterfront structures, railings, and small craft along the bank. — The moving camera passes a loaded boat and waterfront buildings along the riverbank.

1962 Calcutta home-movie view of a tall temple spire beyond trees, with a riverside building and water in the foreground. — A temple spire appears beyond trees and a colonnaded riverside structure.

1962 Calcutta river view with a distant temple spire, trees, rooftops, and waterfront structures under faded 8mm color. — The camera holds a distant view of a temple spire and riverside buildings across the water.

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