Martenique-1964: People Ride On A Crowded Ferry Boat Across The Water

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Year1964
Decade1960s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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People Ride On A Crowded Ferry Boat Across The Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a group of people aboard a crowded ferry boat crossing water. Passengers in period attire, including a man in a pink shirt and fedora and a woman wearing a patterned headscarf, sit closely together. The footage shows a mix of men and women, some looking out at the water, others engaged in quiet conversation. The warm, slightly faded colors and visible film grain evoke a nostalgic 1960s travel memory. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring mid-century transportation and everyday life.

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: 123994682

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

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Not recorded Unidentified (Insufficient evidence for a responsible conclusion.)
Location evidence: No location is recorded for this clip.
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 archival requests needing everyday ferry travel, crowded passenger transport, or mid-century tourism cutaways from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: Period clues include brimmed hats, cat-eye style glasses, light summer shirts, headscarves, and seated passengers in close quarters on an open ferry deck.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged travel behavior as passengers sit quietly, look toward the water, converse, and share tight deck space during a crossing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated adults, headscarves, hats, eyeglasses, ferry railings, open water, white shirts, and a dark contact-sheet divider.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as an insert, travel transition, transport cutaway, or brief memory beat within a sequence about ferry crossings or 1960s leisure travel.
Historical context: The footage shows a mixed group of adult passengers using public or tourist water transport, with clothing and camera style suggesting a mid-century travel setting.
Research note: Faces are visible, so copyright clearance should be considered separately from likeness permissions and any editorial or commercial use review.
Research search match: Search match phrases include 1960s 8mm ferry passengers, crowded boat crossing, vintage travel home movie, and mid-century people on ferry deck.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with footage from the same claimed year or location if verified, then with ferry, boat, and travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960s 8mm home-movie frame of adult ferry passengers seated close together, with water visible beyond the railing. — Passengers sit closely on an open ferry deck during a water crossing.

Adult man in a white shirt sits among crowded ferry passengers, with railings and water visible behind him. — A seated passenger in a white shirt appears in close view on the ferry.

Passengers sit close together on the ferry deck, including a foreground woman with glasses and a man seen from behind. — Crowded ferry seating is seen from a handheld passenger perspective.

A woman wearing a light headscarf and glasses sits among adult ferry passengers, with water and railings behind the group. — A headscarfed passenger sits amid a tightly packed ferry crowd.

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