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Unloadng materias from local boats and taking them onto land. Howrah Bridge archival view of boats and river life for local Kolkata wallahs: Pushing maal on carts. Diesel powered boats and ferries on the Hoogly river in 1980's Calcutta. Giant old era metal Howrah Bridge in Kolkata: Archival footage of rickety old diesel buses crossing the bridge. Premier Padmini, Matador, Hindustan Ambassador yellow taxi cabs and various Fiat car models are seen on the roads, with the odd Maruti van. Footage is from circa 1989. View from inside the caged window of a Kolkata tram! See the girdles of steel and iron that make up this iconic Calcutta bridge. Howrah Bridge with trams and black-and-yellow Ambassador taxis on it, in Kolkata circa 1985-1990 The experience of a journey in a Kolkata tram is somethin