Kingston Jamaica-1964: Police Officer Directing Traffic Near The Yellow House

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

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Police Officer Directing Traffic Near The Yellow House — Clip Details

KINGSTON JAMAICA-1964: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a bustling street scene in Jamaica. A police officer in a white helmet directs traffic from a blue booth labeled 'POLICE NO RIGHT TURN' in front of 'The YELLOW HOUSE'. Classic American cars from the 1960s, including a distinctive tailfin, pass by on the sunlit street. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural grain, slight color fading, and authentic archival quality, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century urban life and transportation.

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: 123994397

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 requests needing 1960s Kingston street life, traffic control, police presence, and urban transportation in archival home-movie footage.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century cars, a uniformed traffic officer, and street signage near The Yellow House, supporting the supplied 1964 Kingston, Jamaica context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a street-side or passing-vehicle viewpoint, catching everyday traffic movement and pedestrians without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a police traffic booth, white-helmeted officer, The Yellow House facade, pedestrians, classic cars, a passing tailfin vehicle, street columns, and brief sea or ship-side water.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, blue color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, location-establishing cutaway, traffic transition, or period memory beat in a Jamaica or urban mobility sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a sunlit Kingston street where traffic regulation, pedestrians, storefront signage, and imported automobiles share the frame.
Research note: People, police insignia, and The Yellow House signage are visible, so likeness, trademark, and context review may be needed in addition to copyright checks.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s Kingston Jamaica traffic officer, Jamaican street scene home movie, police directing cars, and 8mm Caribbean urban footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Kingston 1964 material, then wider themes of Caribbean street life, police traffic control, and mid-century cars.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm frame showing choppy water against a dark ship hull, likely from the same Kingston travel reel context. — Water and the side of a large vessel appear before the street sequence.

Kingston street view with a white-helmeted officer in a police booth marked no right turn before The Yellow House. — A traffic officer stands in a street booth outside The Yellow House.

1964 Kingston street scene with a traffic officer booth, passing mid-century cars, pedestrians, and The Yellow House sign. — Cars move through the intersection while the officer remains in the police booth.

Kingston traffic view with a passing tailfin car, police booth, storefront facade, and a foreground pedestrian crossing the frame. — A tailfin car sweeps past the traffic booth as a nearby pedestrian partially blocks the view.

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