Kingston Jamaica-1964: An Older Gentleman Is Sitting All By Himself On A Beachside Cafe

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

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An Older Gentleman Is Sitting All By Himself On A... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a man in a patterned short-sleeve shirt sitting alone at a beachside cafe in Kingston, Jamaica. The scene features a stone wall, metal chairs with woven seats, and a lush palm tree swaying near the turquoise ocean. The man gazes toward the water, with a relaxed, contemplative posture, while the bright tropical sun illuminates the colorful, slightly faded film. This authentic slice of 1960s Caribbean life offers a nostalgic glimpse into a quiet moment of leisure.

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: 123994535

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

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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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Caribbean travel, leisure, or everyday-life productions needing a quiet beachside cafe moment in Kingston, Jamaica.
Period detail: The patterned short-sleeve shirt, woven metal patio chairs, stone seaside wall, and saturated 8mm color may show mid-1960s tourist or local leisure style.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged pause as an older man sits alone at an outdoor table, looking toward the water and occasionally toward the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the seated man, cafe tables, metal woven chairs, stone wall, palm tree, bright beach, turquoise water, and overhanging leaves.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fade, bright tropical exposure, and a handheld home-movie steadiness.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a contemplative insert, travel-memory cutaway, or transition between wider Jamaica beach and street-life material.
Historical context: The clip provides a small social detail of outdoor seaside leisure in Kingston, without identifying the man, cafe, or exact beach.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright and location/property clearance checks.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1964 Kingston Jamaica beach cafe, 8mm Caribbean home movie, older man by ocean, and 1960s tropical leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Jamaica travel scenes, then other Kingston 1964 beach material, then broader 1960s Caribbean leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1964 Kingston, Jamaica, an older man sits at an outdoor beachside cafe table near woven chairs, a palm tree, and turquoise water. — Older man seated alone at a seaside cafe with palm and ocean beyond.

At a Kingston beachside cafe in 1964, the seated man turns toward the camera beside patio furniture, palm fronds, and bright ocean water. — Seated man turns toward the camera at a beachfront cafe table.

The 1964 Kingston home movie shows a side view of the seated man at a beachside cafe, framed by chairs, a stone wall, palm leaves, and sea. — Side view of the man seated near cafe furniture with the beach behind him.

At the end of the 1964 Kingston beachside cafe shot, the older man remains seated near tabletop items, chairs, foliage, and the ocean. — The man remains seated at the seaside table as ocean and foliage fill the background.

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