Kingston Jamaica-1964: Small Navy Boat Rocking In Waves Pulling Up Next To Large Ship

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationKingston, Jamaica
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Kingston Jamaica

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Small Navy Boat Rocking In Waves Pulling Up Next To... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a small white navy boat rocking in the waves as it pulls alongside a massive dark blue ocean liner. A sailor in a white uniform and cap stands at the bow, guiding the small vessel. The footage shows the boat's movement through the water, with visible wake and spray, against the imposing side of the large ship. The scene evokes a sense of maritime travel and naval operations during the mid-20th century, with authentic film grain and color fading characteristic of Super 8 home movies.

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: 123994363

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 1839 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1964
Reel-level location note: san juan puerto rico,kingston,montego bay,jamaica
Date: 1964 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: Kingston, Jamaica 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: 1960s Kingston maritime home-movie footage for documentary inserts about port travel, ship transfers, naval craft, or ocean liner arrivals.
Period detail: The sailor's white uniform, small launch, canvas canopy, and riveted dark ship hull may show mid-20th-century harbor transfer practice.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from a nearby vessel or pier as the small boat rises and falls in choppy water, giving the scene an unstaged traveler perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white launch, sailor at the bow, striped canopy, small flag, dark ocean liner hull, portholes, wake, and rough blue water.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, blue color shift, bright overexposure on the boat, film dust, and handheld framing that retain the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime cutaway, travel transition, harbor arrival insert, or brief memory beat between shipboard scenes.
Historical context: The clip visually situates a small crewed boat beside a much larger ship in Kingston, suggesting port-side movement without identifying the vessel or operation.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, including a uniformed sailor, so likeness and possible military context should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1964 Kingston Jamaica harbor boat, 8mm ocean liner launch, small navy boat alongside ship, and vintage Caribbean port footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Kingston harbor footage, then broader 1960s maritime travel or ship-transfer scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Kingston, Jamaica footage shows a small white launch rocking beside a dark ocean liner hull with a sailor at the bow. — A small launch approaches the side of a large ship in rough harbor water.

The small launch pitches in blue water beside the large ship, with a sailor standing forward and portholes visible on the hull. — The launch lifts on a wave while holding close to the larger vessel.

A wider side view shows the white launch running beside the ship, with a bow sailor, striped canopy, and people seated under cover. — The launch passes alongside the ship with crew and passengers visible under the canopy.

The launch moves partly out of frame beside the dark blue ship hull, with a sailor forward and water spray along the boat's side. — The small boat continues along the ship's side as spray breaks against the hull.

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