Calcutta India-1962: Riverside Village with Stilt Houses

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

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Riverside Village with Stilt Houses — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil riverside village in Calcutta, India. Viewed through leafy branches, the scene reveals traditional straw-roofed homes built on stilts along the waterway. Small canoes and boats navigate the river, with people visible on the water and along the banks. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, faded colors, and natural light, offering an authentic glimpse into daily life in a South Asian riverside community during the early 1960s.

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: 123725183

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: 1962 8mm footage from Calcutta supports documentary or museum edits needing a brief riverside village and canoe travel view.
Period detail: The thatched roofs, stilted waterfront structures, small boats and faded color stock may show early 1960s river life in Calcutta.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from behind leaves and from a moving or partially obstructed vantage, giving the scene an unstaged visitor home-movie quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include leafy branches, a riverside channel, thatched stilt houses, small canoes, distant people, moored boats and tropical vegetation.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, gate marks, faded color and handheld framing through foreground foliage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, river-travel cutaway, transition, or memory beat for South Asian village life.
Historical context: The frames show a waterside settlement where homes, boats and daily movement are closely tied to the river, without identifying specific landmarks.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed while copyright, location and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 Calcutta 8mm river village, India home movie canoe, thatched houses on water, and South Asian riverside footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Calcutta footage, then broader river village, canoe and South Asian daily-life material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Calcutta 8mm frame showing a river channel through leaves, with small boats and waterfront buildings in soft focus. — Boats and riverside structures seen through overhanging foliage.

Leafy 1962 Calcutta river view with canoes or small boats moving near waterside structures. — A partially obscured view of boats passing along the riverfront.

Soft, obstructed home-movie frame from Calcutta showing foliage over a river scene with indistinct movement beyond. — Foliage and motion blur partly hide the riverside activity.

1962 Calcutta riverbank frame showing a thatched stilt house, a small canoe, water and people near the shore. — A thatched riverside house stands above the water beside a canoe.

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