Calcutta India-1962: Community Living On The Water Goes About Daily Chores And

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

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Community Living On The Water Goes About Daily Chores And — Clip Details

CALCUTTA INDIA-1962: This vintage 8mm film captures daily life on the water, showing houseboats and simple wooden structures along a riverbank. A large boat with a covered deck floats in the foreground, while people move about a riverside dwelling, engaged in quiet chores. The footage, shot on 8mm film, features the characteristic grain, color fading, and soft focus of a 1960s home movie, offering a nostalgic glimpse into community life in Calcutta. The scene is bathed in natural light, with lush green trees lining the shore, evoking a sense of peaceful, everyday existence.

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: 123725272

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: Supports archival requests for 1960s Calcutta river life, community housing on water, and everyday documentary cutaways from amateur 8mm footage.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s riverbank dwellings, covered boats, simple wooden structures, and clothing visible in a home-movie view of Calcutta.
Home-movie behavior: The footage observes people moving around a waterside dwelling and boat area in an unstaged, visitor-shot view of daily chores.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include houseboats, a covered deck boat, river water, wooden riverside structures, trees, porch posts, and adults near a doorway.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, faded color, gate edges, and handheld framing give the clip a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short insert, transition, or observational cutaway for river communities, travel memory, or daily-life sequences.
Historical context: The images provide visual context for waterside living and work routines without confirming names, identities, or a specific neighborhood beyond the supplied Calcutta metadata.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1962 Calcutta 8mm river life, India houseboats, waterside community chores, and vintage home movie daily life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Calcutta water scenes, then broader India river community or home-movie travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Calcutta home-movie frame showing a covered boat or houseboat near wooden waterside structures and trees. — A covered boat sits near simple structures along the water.

1962 Calcutta 8mm frame with a houseboat-like vessel in front of low waterside buildings and trees. — Houseboat-like craft and riverside structures appear across the water.

1962 Calcutta home-movie frame showing adults near a shaded wooden riverside dwelling or work area. — People move around a shaded waterside structure during daily activity.

1962 Calcutta 8mm frame showing adults beside a doorway at a simple wooden waterside structure. — Adults stand near a doorway at a riverside dwelling or work space.

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