Calcutta India-1946: Man In White Walks Street Carrying Large Bundle On Head

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationCalcutta, India
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Calcutta India

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Man In White Walks Street Carrying Large Bundle On Head — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures a bustling street scene in Calcutta, India. A man in a white shirt walks along the sun-drenched road, balancing a large white bundle on his head. The street is lined with simple shops featuring awnings and hanging clothes, with a prominent billboard and a telephone pole visible. Other pedestrians move through the frame, including a person pushing a cart, under a bright, overcast sky. The film exhibits natural grain and slight color fading, characteristic of home movie footage from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 124755164

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: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1725 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: reel 1
Reel-level year note: 1946
Reel-level location note: india
Date: 1946 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: Useful for documentary or museum edits needing 1940s Calcutta street-life footage with pedestrians, shops and informal transport.
Period detail: The clothing, shopfront awnings, telephone pole and handcart may show mid-1940s urban street conditions in Calcutta.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged street-observer quality as pedestrians pass through frame and a man balances a large bundle on his head.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include shop awnings, hanging garments, pedestrians in light clothing, a head-carried bundle, a handcart, signage and a telephone pole.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, handheld framing, faded color, visible grain and uneven exposure consistent with physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing cutaway, street transition or memory beat within a sequence on everyday city life.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for public movement, small shops and manual carrying labor on a busy Calcutta street.
Research note: People and signage are visible, so likeness, brand or trademark review may be needed separately from any film copyright assessment.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1946 Calcutta street footage, 8mm India home movie, man carrying bundle on head and vintage shopfront street scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel India street clips, then other 1946 Calcutta footage, then broader South Asian market or pedestrian scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Calcutta street view with shop awnings, pedestrians and a man in white balancing a large bundle on his head. — A man carrying a bundle on his head walks past shaded street shops.

Calcutta street scene from 1946 with shaded shopfronts, a visible sign and pedestrians crossing the frame. — Pedestrians move past awnings and signage on a bright urban street.

1946 Calcutta street footage showing a bundle carrier near a telephone pole, shaded shops and a handcart. — The bundle carrier passes a telephone pole with a handcart visible nearby.

Late frame of the 1946 Calcutta street scene with pedestrians, a handcart, shop awnings and a telephone pole. — People pass shaded shopfronts as a handcart sits near the road.

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