Acapulco Mexico-1982: Three People Riding In A Red Boat In Calm Waters

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationAcapulco, Mexico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 Acapulco Mexico

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Three People Riding In A Red Boat In Calm Waters — Clip Details

ACAPULCO MEXICO-1982: Vintage 8mm home movie footage shows three people aboard a red speedboat named 'Jacky' gliding across calm, deep blue ocean waters. The high-angle shot captures the boat's sleek design with white stripes and a driver at the wheel, while two passengers relax in the back. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—rich color saturation, visible grain, and a slightly faded, nostalgic quality. The final frame shifts to a group of people on the boat, including a woman in a bikini, suggesting a leisurely summer outing. This authentic archival footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, and nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121123488

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1982 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Acapulco, Mexico Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1980s Acapulco home-movie footage of tourists or visitors riding in a red speedboat can support documentary, educational, or editorial sequences about leisure travel, boating, and coastal recreation.
Period detail: The saturated color, 8mm frame texture, swimwear, and styling of the red runabout may show early 1980s vacation boating in Acapulco, as supported by the supplied clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The high-angle home-movie view observes three people casually riding together on the boat, with one person at the wheel and passengers seated or standing during an unstaged outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red boat with white center stripes, dark blue ocean water, a driver at the helm, two passengers near the rear seating area, wake trailing behind the stern, and contact-print frame borders.
Film character: The footage has a saturated 8mm color palette, soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and frame-edge density that give the shot recognizable physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this clip as a short travel insert, boating cutaway, transition between seaside scenes, or memory beat within a vacation or leisure montage.
Historical context: The clip visually documents recreational motorboating and warm-weather coastal leisure from a private-camera perspective without showing identifiable landmarks or public events.
Research note: People are visible and a boat name or marking appears on the stern, so likeness and brand or name-use review may be needed separately from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1980s Acapulco home movie boat ride, 8mm red speedboat on ocean, vintage Mexico vacation boating footage, and family travel film at sea.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Acapulco or 1982 Mexico travel clips, and then broader vintage boating, ocean leisure, or vacation home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

High-angle 1982 Acapulco home-movie frame of a red speedboat with white stripes carrying three people over dark blue ocean water. — Three people ride in a red speedboat on open water.

High-angle 1982 Acapulco frame showing a red runabout named or marked on the stern, with passengers aboard and foamy wake trailing behind. — The red boat continues forward with passengers visible.

Overhead 1982 Acapulco home-movie still of a red speedboat crossing blue water, with one person at the controls and others gathered near the rear seats. — A driver and passengers are visible aboard the red speedboat.

1982 Acapulco home-movie frame of three people aboard a red speedboat, including a seated driver and rear passenger, as the boat leaves a bright wake. — Three people remain aboard as the boat moves through the water.

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