Kingston Jamaica-1964: Small Boat Approaches Ocean Liner To Board

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

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Small Boat Approaches Ocean Liner To Board — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Kingston Jamaica in 1964 captures a small white motorboat with passengers approaching a massive dark blue ocean liner. The boat, flying a German flag, creates a wake as it maneuvers alongside the ship, where people in light-colored clothing stand at an open doorway. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural motion and slight camera shake, with the boat moving from left to right across the frame before exiting. The scene evokes mid-century travel and maritime activity, with the contrast between the small craft and the immense vessel highlighting a moment of arrival or departure.

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: 123994382

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: Useful for 1960s maritime travel, Kingston harbor arrivals, or ocean-liner boarding sequences in documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, small motor launch, open ship doorway, and passengers in light clothing support a mid-1960s passenger-travel setting in Kingston, Jamaica.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld viewpoint records an unstaged travel moment as a small boat pulls close to a much larger liner and people wait near the open side door.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white motorboat, passengers, a dark blue ocean liner hull, open doorway, portholes, German flag, wake, and blue harbor water.
Film character: The clip has home-movie grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, rounded frame edges, and handheld motion that preserve the physical 8mm travel-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, transition, or memory beat for sea travel, port arrival, boarding logistics, or the scale contrast between launch and liner.
Historical context: The scene shows mid-century passenger movement by small launch alongside a large ship, suggesting port transfer activity without confirming the vessel or voyage.
Research note: People and a visible flag are present, so copyright, likeness, and any vessel or emblem identification should be reviewed separately before final use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1964 Kingston Jamaica 8mm boat to ocean liner, small launch boarding ship, Caribbean port travel home movie, and vintage maritime transfer footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1964 Kingston or Jamaica travel footage, then with broader ocean-liner, harbor, and boat-transfer scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1964 Kingston, Jamaica, a small white motorboat passes alongside a dark blue ocean liner as people stand near an open side doorway. — Small boat approaches the ocean liner while passengers or crew stand at the open doorway.

The white motorboat draws level with the ocean liner in Kingston, Jamaica, with people visible at the side opening and wake along the hull. — The launch runs close to the liner as water breaks between the two vessels.

The motorboat continues past the liner in the Kingston harbor footage, partly cropped at the left edge while white wake spreads behind it. — The boat moves out of frame while the liner hull and portholes remain in view.

Near the end of the 1964 Kingston shot, the small white boat passes the large liner with people still visible at the side doorway. — The small boat continues alongside the ship, emphasizing the scale of the liner.

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