Calcutta India-1962: Flower Vendor Paddling Boat in Floating Market

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

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Flower Vendor Paddling Boat in Floating Market — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a vibrant floating market in Calcutta, India. A young woman in a light blue blouse paddles a small boat brimming with colorful flowers, navigating a narrow canal lined with wooden stilt houses and lush green foliage. Other boats, including a larger passenger vessel, share the waterway under a bright sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and a nostalgic, documentary feel, offering a rare glimpse into daily life and cultural commerce in mid-century India.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123725249

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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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: 1960s 8mm home-movie footage suited to editorial requests for everyday canal commerce, flower vendors, and urban waterway life in Calcutta.
Period detail: The small wooden boats, canal-side structures, clothing, and faded 8mm color may show mid-century visitor-filmed market activity in Calcutta.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal traveler viewpoint as boats pass close to the camera and a flower vendor paddles through a busy canal scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a flower-filled boat, paddling vendor, canal water, wooden buildings, passenger boat, palms, foliage, and other small craft.
Film character: The clip carries soft 8mm texture with visible grain, faded color, uneven exposure, gate edges, and handheld framing from an original home-movie scan.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short insert, location transition, market-life cutaway, or memory beat within a sequence on travel, commerce, or waterways.
Historical context: The footage shows everyday movement and trade on a narrow waterway, with people and boats sharing a dense canal environment.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and any property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1960s Calcutta floating market, 8mm India canal boats, flower vendor paddling boat, and vintage home movie waterway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Calcutta footage, then broader India market, boat, river, and street-life material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1962 Calcutta home-movie footage, a woman paddles a flower-laden boat through a busy canal with other boats nearby. — Flower vendor paddling a small boat filled with bright flowers along a canal.

A canal scene in Calcutta shows a larger passenger boat approaching between wooden structures, palms, and small craft. — Passenger boat and smaller craft moving through a canal lined with buildings and greenery.

The 1962 Calcutta canal view shows a larger passenger boat near wooden buildings, greenery, and smaller boats along the waterway. — A larger boat passes through the canal with wooden buildings and greenery on both banks.

A wider 1962 Calcutta canal frame shows passenger and small boats passing between foliage, palms, and waterway structures. — Canal boats share the waterway near palms, foliage, and low wooden structures.

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