Kingston Jamaica-1964: Small Boat Maneuvering To Big Ocean Liner

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

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Small Boat Maneuvering To Big Ocean Liner — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a small white boat maneuvering alongside a massive dark blue ocean liner in Kingston, Jamaica. A crew member in a white uniform and cap is visible on the small boat's deck, while passengers look out from the ship's portholes and doorway. The small vessel, equipped with a striped canopy and a German flag, cuts through the water, creating a wake as it approaches the giant ship. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century maritime travel and port activity.

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: 123994373

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 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

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Kingston harbor home-movie footage for documentary or museum edits needing small craft activity beside a large ocean liner.
Period detail: The white launch, dark blue liner hull, portholes, uniformed crew, and small stern flag may show mid-century port transfer or harbor maneuvering.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged passenger or visitor viewpoint, watching a small boat come close to a large ship during active harbor movement.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white small boat, dark ocean liner hull, portholes, doorway observers, crew in white, striped canopy, stern flag, and blue water wake.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated blues, soft focus, gate edges, fine grain, and slight handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime insert, travel transition, port cutaway, or memory beat within a sequence on ocean travel or Kingston harbor.
Historical context: The footage visually places leisure or passenger travel near working harbor activity without proving the vessel identity or exact purpose of the boat.
Research note: People and a visible flag or marking require likeness and identification review; copyright, vessel marks, and incidental branding should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 Kingston Jamaica boat footage, 8mm ocean liner harbor, small launch beside ship, and vintage Caribbean port home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Jamaica travel footage, then Kingston 1964 harbor material, then broader 1960s ocean liner or small boat transfer scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Kingston, Jamaica home-movie frame showing a white launch approaching a dark blue ocean liner with crew and doorway observers visible. — A small white boat moves alongside the hull of a large ocean liner as people watch from the ship and boat.

White harbor boat beside a large ocean liner in Kingston, Jamaica, with portholes, doorway observer, and choppy blue water visible. — The boat runs close to the liner’s side, its bow cutting through wake beneath rows of portholes.

1964 Kingston harbor frame showing a small white boat with striped canopy and stern flag passing beside a dark ocean liner. — A side view reveals the boat’s canopy, railings, stern flag, and passengers or crew near the large ship.

Small white boat maneuvering beside a large ocean liner in 1964 Kingston, with doorway observers, canopy, flag, and wake visible. — The boat continues past the liner as people stand in open ship doorways and water splashes along the hull.

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