Burrabazar, Kolkata, India

From the archive record

A typical communist scene in Kolkata where some men march in protest through a street holding Communist party flags. Scene shifts to a busy street with people, a Matador cargo tempo and the famous yellow and black taxis popularly known as 'kaali-peeli' taxi. The focus is on a day in Burrabazar, a big market in Kolkata. People, perhaps laborers are seen, some wait for work and some call out to people to give side as they must be pulling a cart or trolley through the busy way. Burrabazar is a neighbourhood in central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality b