Calcutta India-1962: Floating Market with Boats and Stilt Houses

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

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Floating Market with Boats and Stilt Houses — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage footage captures a bustling floating market in Calcutta, India. Wooden boats laden with fresh produce navigate narrow waterways between stilt houses and riverside shops. Vendors in traditional clothing paddle their boats, selling goods to customers along the banks. The scene is bathed in the warm, slightly faded colors of Super 8 film, with visible grain and light leaks adding to its authentic, nostalgic charm. This archival home movie offers a rare glimpse into daily life and commerce in a traditional Indian water village.

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: 123725011

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 requests needing early 1960s Calcutta travel footage, waterborne commerce, or daily-life inserts from vintage 8mm home movies.
Period detail: The clip may show a 1960s waterside market with wooden boats, hand paddles, simple riverside structures, and produce piled in open craft.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld visitor perspective observes vendors and passengers moving through the waterway without staged interaction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include narrow boats, paddlers, produce piles, riverside wooden buildings, shaded shopfronts, water traffic, and bystanders near the banks.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, dark frame edges, slight color fading, and handheld movement that preserves the home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, water-market cutaway, or memory beat for urban commerce by boat.
Historical context: The footage documents a waterway market scene and everyday movement of goods, while broader social or economic conclusions would need outside research.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1962 Calcutta floating market 8mm, India waterway boats home movie, and vintage produce vendors on boats.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Calcutta or India footage from 1962, then broader floating market and water transport scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Calcutta footage shows boats passing along a narrow market waterway beside dark wooden riverside structures. — Boats navigate a shaded waterway beside market buildings.

A produce-laden boat passes close to riverside buildings in the 1962 Calcutta floating market scene. — Produce is carried by boat through the market waterway.

Vendors or passengers sit in a wooden boat loaded with produce along the Calcutta waterway market. — A loaded boat pauses beside the riverside market frontage.

A paddled wooden boat moves through the Calcutta floating market waterway with more boats visible beyond. — A paddler moves a boat past the market buildings.

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