Calcutta India-1962: Riding On Boats On A River In Thailand

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

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Riding On Boats On A River In Thailand — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures daily life along a river in Thailand. The footage shows traditional stilt houses with corrugated metal roofs, people moving about on wooden platforms, and a woman propelling a small boat with a pole. The scenes unfold with a grainy, nostalgic quality, showcasing the vibrant yet simple rhythms of riverside communities. The warm, faded colors and natural lighting evoke a sense of historical authenticity, offering a rare glimpse into mid-20th century Southeast Asian life.

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: 123724931

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: Supports 1960s archive requests for South or Southeast Asian river life, small boats, and waterside housing in documentary or education edits.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-20th-century river dwellings with timber platforms, corrugated roofs, simple boats, and hand-propelled movement on the water.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the visitor-shot, unstaged observation of people working and moving around riverside structures and boats.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include stilted wooden buildings, corrugated roof panels, boat hulls, poles, water, shaded platforms, and several people near the river.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, handheld framing, faded color, gate edges, and visible grain that mark it as scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transitional river-life insert, or memory beat between broader travel or urban-waterway scenes.
Historical context: The clip provides visual context for everyday activity along a river settlement without confirming the exact place beyond the supplied archive metadata.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and property permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960s 8mm river boats, archival home movie stilt houses, Calcutta India river footage, and Thailand river community footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with confirmed 1962 Calcutta or Thailand river material, then with broader Asian boat and waterside-life scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 8mm home-movie frame showing people on a shaded river platform with a boat hull, poles, and fabric or roof cover nearby. — People stand and move on a shaded platform above the water beside a wooden boat.

1962 archive frame of people gathered around a waterside wooden platform with poles, boat structure, and stacked cylindrical forms at right. — Several people are visible around a riverside platform and boat structure.

1962 home-movie view of a person propelling a small boat by pole near corrugated roofing and wooden riverside houses. — A person poles a small boat beside corrugated roofing and stilted wooden buildings.

1962 8mm frame showing a person guiding a small boat by pole in front of wooden waterside houses with corrugated roofs. — A small boat passes in front of wooden houses built along the water.

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