Calcutta India-1962: Rowing Boats In An Asian Outdoor River Market To Buy

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

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Rowing Boats In An Asian Outdoor River Market To Buy — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a bustling river market in Calcutta, India. People in traditional conical hats navigate narrow wooden boats laden with fresh produce and groceries along a waterway flanked by stilt houses with dark blue roofs. The scene unfolds under a bright sky with palm trees visible in the background, showcasing daily life and commerce in a classic South Asian setting. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight color fading, and authentic 1960s home movie quality, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century urban life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123725032

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 1960s 8mm footage for productions needing a brief river-market commerce scene in Calcutta, India, with people trading from small boats.
Period detail: The footage may show early-1960s clothing, conical hats, wooden boats, and waterfront buildings consistent with the dated home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged visitor-shot view, with boaters moving through a crowded waterway as shoppers and vendors continue daily activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include narrow wooden boats, seated rowers, produce baskets, conical hats, waterfront buildings, dark roofs, palm trees, and a busy canal.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing typical of home-movie travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or observational cutaway for waterborne market activity and mid-century travel memory.
Historical context: The scene documents visible small-boat commerce and waterside settlement patterns without establishing a specific landmark or event beyond the supplied Calcutta metadata.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from likeness or location concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 8mm Calcutta river market, Asian floating market boats, vintage home movie produce vendors, and South Asian waterway commerce.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Calcutta material, then broader vintage river market or small-boat commerce footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 8mm frame of a crowded Calcutta waterway where people in small boats move through a market area lined with buildings. — Small boats carrying people and produce crowd a market waterway beside low waterfront buildings.

1962 Calcutta home-movie frame showing boaters and shoppers moving through a busy canal market with produce in boats. — Boaters and shoppers move through a canal market with baskets of produce in several small craft.

1962 8mm frame from Calcutta showing a person in a conical hat rowing near other boats in a busy river market. — A conical-hatted rower moves through clustered boats along the market waterway.

1962 Calcutta 8mm frame showing several small boats with people and produce beside roofed waterfront buildings. — Several small boats gather beside the waterfront as people handle produce and move through the canal.

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