Boaters and shoppers move through a canal market with baskets of produce in several small craft.
1962 · Calcutta, India
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Small boats carrying people and produce crowd a market waterway beside low waterfront buildings — Calcutta, 1962
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- 1962
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- Calcutta, India
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1962 8mm frame of a crowded Calcutta waterway where people in small boats move through a market area lined with buildings.
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1962 · Calcutta, India
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Several small boats gather beside the waterfront as people handle produce and move through the canal.
1962 · Calcutta, India
Still image · $49
Source footage and archive context
Calcutta India-1962: Boats with Produce in Floating River Market
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Source format: 8mm.
Browse the collection: 1962 Calcutta India.
Date documentation · estimated
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Location documentation · estimated
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Source reel 1399
Reel label: feb
Year note: 1962
Location note: india,calcuta,bengali
Period detail
The footage may show early-1960s clothing, conical hats, wooden boats, and waterfront buildings consistent with the dated home-movie metadata.
Film character
The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing typical of home-movie travel footage.
Historical context
The scene documents visible small-boat commerce and waterside settlement patterns without establishing a specific landmark or event beyond the supplied Calcutta metadata.
Research note
People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from likeness or location concerns.
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