Kingston Jamaica-1964: Police Officer Directing Traffic at 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 at Yellow House — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage footage captures a street scene in Kingston, Jamaica. The view is from behind a man in a blue and white plaid shirt, looking toward a police officer in a white uniform and pith helmet standing in a raised booth. The officer directs traffic at a crosswalk in front of a building labeled 'YELLOW HOUSE'. Other pedestrians and a classic car are visible, with the film showing characteristic grain and color shifts of the era. This authentic home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-1960s urban life and traffic control.

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: 123994408

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

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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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Kingston street-life footage for documentary or education edits needing traffic control, pedestrians, and urban public-order detail.
Period detail: The white-uniformed traffic officer, raised police booth, pith-style helmet, classic car, and Yellow House storefront support a mid-1960s Kingston street setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, framed from behind a nearby man as the camera watches routine traffic direction across the street.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a plaid-shirted man, raised police booth, uniformed officer, Yellow House sign, pedestrians, crosswalk area, streetfront columns, and a passing car.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows strong blue color shift, soft focus, gate edges, dust marks, and slight exposure fluctuation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, street-scene cutaway, or memory beat establishing everyday Kingston movement in the 1960s.
Historical context: The footage shows public traffic control and pedestrian activity outside a named streetfront building without proving a specific event or institution.
Research note: People, faces, police context, and the visible Yellow House lettering should be reviewed for likeness, trademark, and location-use considerations separate from copyright.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1964 Kingston Jamaica street traffic, Jamaican police officer directing traffic, Yellow House Kingston, and 8mm Caribbean home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Kingston material, then broader Caribbean street, police, traffic, or urban-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Kingston street view from behind a plaid-shirted man, with a white-uniformed police officer in a raised traffic booth near Yellow House. — A nearby man's shoulder partly blocks the view of the officer directing traffic across the street.

In Kingston, Jamaica, a foreground man in a plaid shirt partly obscures a white-uniformed officer standing in a raised traffic booth. — The camera remains behind a bystander while the traffic officer stands elevated near the storefront.

The Yellow House frontage is clearer as a white-uniformed Kingston traffic officer stands in a raised police booth with pedestrians nearby. — The Yellow House sign and police booth become the central visible details in the street scene.

A Kingston traffic officer appears to gesture from a raised police booth outside Yellow House, with pedestrians along the sidewalk. — The officer remains elevated in the booth as pedestrians wait near the building frontage.

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