Boats pass close to the camera along a narrow canal lined with wooden buildings.
1962 · Calcutta, India
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A boatman rows beside passengers as other boats fill the narrow waterway — Calcutta, 1962
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- 1962
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- Calcutta, India
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- Still 3 · 3.20s into the source clip
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1962 Calcutta canal scene with a broad-hatted boatman, seated passengers, and dark wooden waterside architecture.
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A paddler guides passengers through a crowded waterside market area.
1962 · Calcutta, India
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Clustered boats and passengers move through a dense canal-side market setting.
1962 · Calcutta, India
Still image · $49
Source footage and archive context
Calcutta India-1962: Floating Market with Boats and Stilt Houses
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Source format: 8mm.
Browse the collection: 1962 Calcutta India.
Date documentation · estimated
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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 clip shows wooden boats, waterside buildings on posts, conical hats, and crowded canal traffic that may show mid-century urban water commerce in Calcutta.
Film character
The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, scratches, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of a short home-movie fragment.
Historical context
The scene documents visible water-based movement and exchange, with people using small boats beside dense canal-side structures rather than motor traffic in the frame.
Research note
People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and property considerations should be assessed separately before publication.
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