Montego Bay Jamaica-1964: Military Boat With American Flag Sailing Near Mountains

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationMontego Bay, Jamaica
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Military Boat With American Flag Sailing Near Mountains — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a military-style landing craft marked GC7-3 navigating calm blue waters near Montego Bay, Jamaica. The boat, carrying several uniformed personnel, moves across the frame with a lush, mountainous coastline in the background. An American flag flutters at the stern, and the footage exhibits the characteristic blue tint and grain of Super 8 film. The scene evokes a sense of mid-century vintage and historical travel, with the natural beauty of the Caribbean landscape providing a serene backdrop.

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: 123994772

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: Montego Bay, 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

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Caribbean home-movie footage for documentary or museum sequences needing a brief maritime military-style boat scene near Montego Bay.
Period detail: The landing-craft form, painted hull marking, American flag, and 8mm color stock may show mid-1960s visitor-recorded maritime activity.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from shore or another vessel, holding on the boat as it passes against the coastline in an unstaged travel-film manner.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue water, a dark landing craft, hull marking GC7-3, small figures aboard, an American flag, distant shoreline, and hazy mountains.
Film character: The clip has blue-shifted 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight handheld instability, and high-contrast frame edges from the scan.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short cutaway, geographic transition, maritime insert, or memory beat within a 1960s Jamaica travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage places a military-style boat in a scenic Caribbean coastal setting without confirming the vessel's operator or specific purpose.
Research note: People and a marked vessel are visible, so likeness, vessel identification, and trademark or insignia questions should be reviewed separately from film copyright.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960s Montego Bay boat footage, Jamaica 8mm home movie, American flag landing craft, and Caribbean coastline archive film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Montego Bay footage, then broader Caribbean boating or coastal travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Montego Bay footage showing a dark landing craft moving across blue water below hazy mountains. — A marked landing craft travels across calm water near a mountainous coast.

A military-style boat with several visible passengers moves offshore near Montego Bay, Jamaica, in soft 8mm color. — The boat passes from left to right with figures aboard and hills in the background.

The landing craft marked GC7-3 carries people and an American flag across the water near Montego Bay in 1964 footage. — The American flag is visible at the stern as the boat continues along the coast.

A soft 8mm view of blue water, low shoreline, and hazy mountains near Montego Bay after the boat leaves the frame. — The final frame holds on water and distant mountains along the coastline.

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