Calcutta India-1962: Waterside Market with Vendors and Boats

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

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Waterside Market with Vendors and Boats — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a bustling riverside market in Calcutta, India. The footage reveals wooden crates stacked with goods, glass bottles, and ceramic jars arranged along the water's edge. Boats navigate the narrow waterway, with vendors and locals moving about under a canopy of leafy trees. The warm, faded colors and visible film grain lend a nostalgic, archival quality to this rare glimpse of daily life in mid-century India.

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: 123725189

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports archival requests for 1960s Calcutta travel footage, especially short editorial inserts of waterside commerce, street markets, and visitor-shot urban daily life.
Period detail: The 8mm color, wooden crates, glass bottles, ceramic jars, small boats, and faded streetfronts may show mid-century riverside market activity in Calcutta.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor viewpoint, lingering briefly on market goods and a shaded waterway rather than presenting formal coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include stacked wooden crates, rows of glass bottles, ceramic jars, leafy branches, boats on a narrow waterway, streetfront awnings, and distant pedestrians.
Film character: Soft focus, uneven exposure, visible grain, gate marks, and slight handheld framing give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, place-setting insert, travel transition, or memory beat for mid-century India and waterside commerce.
Historical context: The footage visually places market goods, boats, and pedestrians close together along the water, suggesting everyday commercial life without confirming specific vendors or institutions.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are legible, and copyright, location, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1962 Calcutta 8mm market footage, India riverside market home movie, vintage Kolkata waterway, and mid-century street market film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel India travel scenes, then other 1962 Calcutta footage, then broader South Asian market, waterway, and street-commerce material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Calcutta market view with stacked crates, rows of bottles, and ceramic vessels in soft 8mm color. — Crates, bottles, and jars arranged at a shaded market stall.

Waterside Calcutta market goods in 1962, with crates, bottles, ceramic jars, and leafy shade visible. — Stacked goods and ceramic vessels at the edge of a market area.

Calcutta waterway scene from 1962 with small boats, overhanging trees, buildings, and distant pedestrians. — Boats and pedestrians appear along a shaded urban waterway.

1962 Calcutta waterway view with small boats, leafy branches, a streetfront awning, and distant people near the bank. — A shaded waterway passes buildings and moored boats.

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