Calcutta India-1962: Sampans and Passenger Boat on Calcutta River

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

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Sampans and Passenger Boat on Calcutta River — Clip Details

CALCUTTA INDIA-1962: This 8mm home movie captures a bustling river scene in Calcutta, India, with a large multi-level passenger boat and small wooden sampans navigating the water. People in traditional conical hats paddle the smaller boats, while others ride the larger vessel, some carrying goods. The footage shows a mix of activity on the river, with buildings and market stalls visible along the banks. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the clip features natural colors, film grain, and a slightly shaky, observational camera movement, conveying a candid, historical atmosphere of daily life in 1960s 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: 123724828

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 river traffic footage suited for documentary inserts on urban waterways, passenger transport, and everyday commercial movement in India.
Period detail: The multi-deck river vessel, small wooden boats, conical hats, riverside sheds, and stacked goods may show mid-century waterfront transport and market activity.
Home-movie behavior: The brief handheld view observes people paddling, riding, and working around boats without staging, giving the clip a visitor-shot record of daily river movement.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a multi-level passenger boat, small sampan-like boats, paddlers in conical hats, seated passengers, stacked goods, riverside structures, and choppy water.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft color, visible grain, gate edges, mild flicker, and handheld framing that preserve the physical texture of a short home-movie fragment.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a river-traffic cutaway, travel transition, daily-life insert, or memory beat within a sequence about Calcutta or urban waterways.
Historical context: The scene documents a busy waterfront where passenger travel, small-boat labor, and goods handling share the same river space in visible daily use.
Research note: People and faces are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and any property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s Calcutta river boats, India home movie waterfront, 8mm passenger vessel, and sampan-style boats on an urban river.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Calcutta material, then broader India river transport or market-waterfront footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Calcutta river scene with a multi-deck passenger vessel and a small wooden boat carrying paddlers in conical hats. — Small boat paddlers pass a crowded multi-level passenger vessel on the river.

A large river passenger vessel in Calcutta, India, with seated passengers and small boats crossing near its side. — Passenger vessel and small working boats share the crowded river channel.

Close view of the bow area of a multi-deck passenger boat with a small paddled boat passing in the foreground. — A small boat passes near the bow of the larger passenger vessel.

Calcutta waterfront view with sheds, stacked goods, and a small wooden boat moving along the riverbank. — Stacked goods and riverside sheds appear behind a small boat near the bank.

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