Greece-1976: Older Man Waving on Stone Bench, Ferry in Harbor

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Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationGreece
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1976 Greece

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Older Man Waving on Stone Bench, Ferry in Harbor — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Greece in 1976 shows an older man in a brown jacket, sweater, and hat sitting on a stone bench. He smiles warmly and waves his arms enthusiastically at the camera. The scene transitions to a large white ferry or barge in a harbor with a mountainous backdrop under a clear blue sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, candid quality typical of personal travel footage from the 1970s.

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: 121478186

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: No
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 1240 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: jesus walked here,holyland,garden tomb,dead sea scrolls,abraham tomb,sea of galliee,part 2
Reel-level year note: 1976
Reel-level location note: israel,athens greece
Date: 1976 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Greece Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: A 1976 Greek travel vignette combining candid portraiture and harbor documentation, usable in documentaries, travel retrospectives, and personal memory films covering Mediterranean tourism in the 1970s.
Period detail: The man's brimmed flat cap, brown jacket, wide-leg white trousers, and layered knitwear are consistent with mid-1970s European casual dress; the large ferry in the harbor reflects the era of growing Greek coastal tourism infrastructure.
Home-movie behavior: The man's wide-armed wave and uninhibited smile are an unscripted, affectionate response to a family member's camera, the kind of candid moment only personal home movies preserve.
What appears in frame: Older man on a hewn stone bench, brimmed flat cap, brown blazer, layered knit vest, wide-leg white trousers, rough stone wall backdrop, then a large white ferry and a rocky mountain headland in a calm harbor.
Film character: Saturated color palette with a slight cool shift in shadow areas, visible grain, and bright clipping on white trousers, characteristic of handheld 8mm or Super 8 travel footage from the mid-1970s.
Edit role: Works as a character-introduction memory beat or travel farewell in documentary and family history films; the harbor shot functions as a location establishing cutaway or scene transition.
Historical context: Greek coastal and island ferry travel expanded significantly among European tourists in the 1970s; candid home-movie footage documenting harbors and local scenes from this era is relatively scarce in commercial archives.
Research note: The man's face is clearly visible and identifiable across multiple frames; likeness rights review is required for any commercial use, and no clearance can be inferred from metadata alone.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1970s Greece travel footage, Mediterranean harbor film, vintage European vacation home movie, older man portrait, or 8mm ferry harbor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Greece 1976 reel or shooting trip; then with Mediterranean harbor or ferry footage from the 1970s; then with candid older-adult portrait or travel farewell clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Older man wearing a flat cap, brown blazer, and wide-leg white trousers sits on a stone bench in Greece circa 1976, arms spread wide in a cheerful wave toward the camera. — Older man waving from a stone bench, Greece, 1976.

The same older man in 1970s attire continues an animated wave and laugh toward the camera, seated on a stone bench in Greece circa 1976. — Man laughing mid-wave on stone bench, Greece, 1976.

Closer view of the older man in 1970s attire leaning forward with both hands raised in an expressive wave, seated on a stone bench in Greece circa 1976. — Man gesturing with raised hands on stone bench, Greece, 1976.

Large white passenger ferry in a Greek harbor circa 1976, with a rocky mountain headland in the background, calm blue water, and a foreground railing visible at the top of the frame. — Ferry in harbor with mountainous backdrop, Greece, 1976.

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