Laundry hangs beside a raised dwelling as an adult stands near the water.
1962 · Calcutta, India
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Raised homes and laundry stand above floodwater beside a small boat — Calcutta, 1962
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- 1962
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- Calcutta, India
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- Still 1 · 0.40s into the source clip
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1962 Calcutta home-movie frame showing raised wooden houses, laundry, floodwater, and a small boat along the waterway.
The source is catalogued as 8mm home movie. This frame appears 0.40 seconds into the clip. Watch the source footage below to see the surrounding action.
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Source footage and archive context
Calcutta India-1962: Stilt Houses in Flood Waters with Daily Activity
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Source format: 8mm.
Browse the collection: 1962 Calcutta India.
Date documentation · estimated
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 documentation · estimated
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.
Source reel 1399
Reel label: feb
Year note: 1962
Location note: india,calcuta,bengali
Period detail
The 8mm color, stilted wooden dwellings, laundry lines, and simple water access may show early 1960s riverside living conditions.
Film character
The clip has soft handheld 8mm texture, visible grain, mild color fading, and uneven exposure consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Historical context
The footage gives visual context for people living and working around high water, without proving the cause, duration, or scale of the flooding.
Research note
People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are indicated, and copyright must be assessed separately.
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