Canal-side buildings and small boats appear at the floating market.
1962 · Calcutta, India
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A vendor paddles past baskets and leafy greens in the floating market — Calcutta, 1962
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- 1962
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- Calcutta, India
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- Still 4 · 4.60s into the source clip
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1962 Calcutta home-movie frame showing a vendor in a woven hat paddling beside boats loaded with vegetables and baskets.
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1962 · Calcutta, India
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Source footage and archive context
Calcutta India-1962: Vendors Selling Produce in Floating Market from Boats
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Source format: 8mm.
Browse the collection: 1962 Calcutta India.
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Source reel 1399
Reel label: feb
Year note: 1962
Location note: india,calcuta,bengali
Period detail
The clip may show early-1960s waterways, wooden canal-side structures, small boats, woven hats, and produce trade as visible period clues.
Film character
The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Historical context
The footage visually documents small-scale canal trading and produce handling without making claims about a named market or specific neighborhood.
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People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are evident, and copyright clearance is separate from subject or property issues.
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