Black bear on sandy slope, India, 1962.
1962 · Calcutta, India
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Bears play-fighting on earthen slope, India, 1962 — Calcutta, 1962
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- 1962
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- Calcutta, India
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Two black bears in a play-wrestling posture on a sandy dirt hillside, 8mm home-movie footage, India circa 1962.
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Calcutta India-1962: Two Black Bears Wrestling on Hillside
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Source format: 8mm.
Browse the collection: 1962 Calcutta India.
Date documentation · estimated
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Source reel 1399
Reel label: feb
Year note: 1962
Location note: india,calcuta,bengali
Period detail
The 8mm grain, warm color shift, and natural-light exposure are consistent with early 1960s amateur film stock; no infrastructure or signage is visible to confirm the urban-adjacent setting noted in the clip metadata.
Film character
Visible 8mm grain and warm color cast lend the footage period-authentic texture; slight exposure variance across frames is characteristic of handheld amateur shooting in natural outdoor light.
Historical context
Asiatic black bears were kept in zoological collections in India by this period; the rocky enclosed terrain may reflect zoo or wildlife-park conditions, though no signage in the frames confirms the setting.
Research note
No identifiable human subjects appear; the filming location cannot be confirmed as public or private from the footage alone, so property rights require additional provenance verification.
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