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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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

  • man
  • woman
  • nature
  • ocean
  • three
  • people
  • riding
  • red
  • boat
  • calm
  • waters
  • acapulco mexico
  • 1982
  • 1982 vintage footage
  • 8mm home movie
  • Super 8 film
  • red speedboat
  • Jacky boat
  • vintage boat ride
  • 1980s leisure
  • family vacation
  • tropical waters
  • classic film
  • retro footage
  • archival 8mm
  • vintage ocean
  • summer vacation
  • boat trip
  • nostalgic memory
  • vintage film grain
  • 1980s lifestyle
  • vintage Super 8

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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