Calcutta India-1962: Flooded Stilt Houses And Daily Life On The Water

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

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Flooded Stilt Houses And Daily Life On The Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a flooded riverside village in Calcutta, India. Wooden stilt houses rise above murky water, with laundry hanging from lines and a man in a sarong washing near his home. The footage shows daily life during a flood, with water reaching the lower levels of homes and people adapting to the inundated environment. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the authentic look of a personal 1960s home movie, offering a rare glimpse into historical living conditions in a South Asian river community.

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: 123724906

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: Useful for 1960s documentary or education edits needing home-movie views of flooded waterside housing and daily life in Calcutta, India.
Period detail: The 8mm color, stilted wooden dwellings, laundry lines, and simple water access may show early 1960s riverside living conditions.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a visitor or family-film distance as residents move through water and wash near raised homes without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include flooded water, raised wooden houses, stairs, laundry, trees, a small boat, and adults near the structures.
Film character: The clip has soft handheld 8mm texture, visible grain, mild color fading, and uneven exposure consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, or contextual cutaway for flood conditions, waterside settlement, or daily adaptation.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for people living and working around high water, without proving the cause, duration, or scale of the flooding.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are indicated, and copyright must be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches for 1962 Calcutta flood footage, 8mm India home movie, flooded stilt houses, riverside village life, and laundry over water may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Calcutta material, then broader India flood or waterside daily-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Calcutta home-movie frame showing raised wooden houses, laundry, floodwater, and a small boat along the waterway. — Raised homes and laundry stand above floodwater beside a small boat.

1962 Calcutta frame with laundry hanging beside a raised waterside dwelling and an adult near the flooded edge. — Laundry hangs beside a raised dwelling as an adult stands near the water.

1962 Calcutta home-movie view of an adult by floodwater below raised structures, trees, and hanging laundry. — An adult moves near the flooded lower level of a waterside home.

1962 Calcutta frame showing an adult near stairs and a raised wooden dwelling, with floodwater at the lower level. — An adult stands near steps and raised wooden structures surrounded by water.

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