Martenique-1964: A Large Ocean Liner Sails On Calm Waters

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Year1964
Decade1960s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Large Ocean Liner Sails On Calm Waters — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a majestic ocean liner sailing on calm blue waters, viewed from a nearby vessel. The large passenger ship, with its dark hull and white superstructure, dominates the horizon under a partly cloudy sky. In the foreground, a green and white striped fabric, likely a blanket or deck chair cover, adds a nostalgic touch. The final frame shifts to a coastal town nestled on a hillside, suggesting a Caribbean port. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, evoking mid-century travel nostalgia.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123994720

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s 8mm travel footage for edits needing an ocean liner seen from another vessel and a brief coastal arrival view.
Period detail: The large passenger liner, striped deck fabric, soft color, and handheld framing may show mid-century leisure travel recorded by a home-movie camera.
Home-movie behavior: The clip holds a visitor-shot perspective from a nearby boat, watching the liner pass before turning toward a hillside coastal town.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark-hulled ocean liner, calm blue water, cloudy sky, striped foreground fabric, boat rail edges, and a distant hillside town.
Film character: The footage has 8mm grain, blue color drift, soft focus, gate edges, and slight handheld movement that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a travel insert, maritime cutaway, arrival transition, or brief memory beat in a mid-century journey sequence.
Historical context: The images suggest passenger sea travel and coastal sightseeing, but the exact port, vessel identity, and route are not confirmed in the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible, but vessel identity, location, copyright status, and any property considerations should be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960s 8mm ocean liner, vintage home movie cruise ship, Caribbean port approach, and passenger ship at sea.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then with verified 1964 Martinique or Caribbean travel footage, then with broader ocean-liner journey material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Dark-hulled passenger liner seen across calm blue water from a nearby vessel, with striped deck fabric at the lower edge. — A passenger liner sits on the horizon beyond striped fabric on a nearby boat.

Large ocean liner with a dark hull and pale decks viewed from a boat, framed by blue sea, cloudy sky, and striped fabric. — The liner remains broadside on the horizon, with striped fabric visible in the foreground.

Passenger ship passing across calm water, with striped fabric and a small deck fitting visible from the filming boat. — A closer framed view of the liner shows the foreground boat fabric and open water.

Distant coastal town built along a hillside across blue water, seen from a boat under a partly cloudy sky. — The view shifts from the ship to a hillside coastal town across the water.

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