Montego Bay Jamaica-1964: People Travelling In The Boat Enjoying A Journey

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationMontego Bay, Jamaica
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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People Travelling In The Boat Enjoying A Journey — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a boat journey across the blue waters of Montego Bay, Jamaica. The footage shows a white boat cutting through the waves, with passengers visible under a striped canopy. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: rich blue color grading, slight grain, and a nostalgic, sun-drenched quality. The camera follows the boat from a side angle, capturing the motion of the water and the relaxed atmosphere of a tropical vacation. This archival clip evokes mid-century travel and leisure, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123994796

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s 8mm travel footage for productions needing a brief Montego Bay leisure-boat insert, tropical vacation cutaway, or mid-century Caribbean journey reference.
Period detail: The striped canopy, open passenger boat, saturated blue water, and 8mm color stock may show mid-1960s tourist travel styling without identifying a specific vessel or operator.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from another moving boat as passengers ride casually under shade, giving the clip an unstaged visitor perspective on a short coastal excursion.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white motor boat, striped canopy, seated passengers, bright blue sea, bow spray, distant shoreline haze, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has dense blue color, soft focus, visible grain, slight gate weave, and high-contrast sun glare consistent with scanned 8mm vacation film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short travel insert, movement transition, vacation memory beat, or cutaway between broader Montego Bay or Caribbean leisure scenes.
Historical context: The clip provides social context for mid-century recreational boating and tourist mobility in Montego Bay while showing only the visible boat ride and passengers.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from depicted-person clearance.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s Jamaica home movie, Montego Bay boat ride, 8mm Caribbean travel footage, tourist excursion at sea, and vintage vacation boat.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Montego Bay material, then broader Caribbean travel, boats, beaches, and vacation leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Montego Bay 8mm footage showing sunlit blue water and a partially visible white boat at the edge of the frame. — A white boat passes through bright blue water, partly cropped by the camera frame.

1964 Montego Bay 8mm frame of a white passenger boat cutting through blue water with riders shaded by a striped canopy. — Passengers ride beneath a striped canopy as the boat throws spray along its hull.

1964 Montego Bay 8mm side view of a white excursion boat with passengers seated under a striped canopy. — The boat is seen from the side as passengers sit in shade during the ride.

1964 Montego Bay 8mm frame showing a moving passenger boat, striped canopy, and foamy wake in blue water. — Motion blur and spray emphasize the speed of the boat crossing the water.

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