Calcutta India-1962: Barge, Temple with Monk, and Riverboat

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

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Barge, Temple with Monk, and Riverboat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a bustling river scene in Calcutta, India. A barge laden with sacks floats on the water, with a bridge visible in the background. The footage transitions to a traditional Thai-style building with a colorful tiled roof, where a monk in saffron robes walks past. The final frames show a green riverboat navigating a waterway near a riverside village with wooden houses. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and a nostalgic, documentary feel.

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: 123725292

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

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: 1960s home-movie footage useful for editorial requests involving river traffic and religious or temple architecture in South Asia.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s river transport, wooden riverside structures, and a brightly roofed temple-like building with a saffron-robed monk.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot perspective, moving from working river activity to a brief architectural and religious observation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a loaded barge, bridge, waterway, ornate roof, columned facade, balcony railings, monk in saffron robes, and riverside buildings.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, color fading, gate edges, and dust that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short insert, travel transition, river-life cutaway, or memory beat linking water transport with temple surroundings.
Historical context: The images place everyday waterways and religious architecture in the same travel record without enough visual evidence to identify a specific landmark.
Research note: People are visible and a monk appears, so copyright, likeness, religious-context sensitivity, and location identification should be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1962 Calcutta 8mm river traffic, vintage India home movie barge, temple with monk travel footage, and riverside village film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Calcutta or India footage, then broader river transport or temple travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Calcutta home-movie frame showing a loaded river barge with sacks and a bridge beyond the water. — A loaded barge moves or rests on the river with a bridge behind it.

1962 travel footage frame showing a temple-like building with a colorful roof and a saffron-robed monk near the lower facade. — A saffron-robed monk appears near the entrance of a brightly roofed temple-like building.

1962 home-movie frame with a closer view of a temple-like building, showing its colorful roof, balcony railings, and columns. — The camera lingers on the roofline and upper story of the temple-like structure.

1962 Calcutta travel frame showing a temple-like building, a saffron-robed monk below, and nearby riverside structures. — A monk stands or walks below the decorated facade as nearby structures edge the frame.

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