Montego Bay Jamaica-1964: Man in White Uniform Steers Rocking Boat in Open Water

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationMontego Bay, Jamaica
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man in White Uniform Steers Rocking Boat in Open Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures three men aboard a small wooden boat in Montego Bay, Jamaica. A man in a white captain's uniform with a tie steers the vessel, smiling as it rocks on the open water. Other passengers, including a man in a white shirt and blue pants, relax and enjoy the sunny, windy day. The footage shows natural film grain and color shifts typical of Super 8, with distant hills visible across the blue sea. This authentic slice of 1960s leisure offers nostalgic, archival footage for documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 123994830

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 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 Jamaica home-movie boating footage for documentary, education, or editorial sequences needing leisure travel on open water.
Period detail: The white uniform, small wooden boat, casual shirts, and faded color stock support a mid-1960s visitor-film setting in Montego Bay.
Home-movie behavior: The men sit casually as the boat rocks, with the uniformed man smiling toward the camera while steering or handling the craft.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three adult men, a white uniform, wooden boat surfaces, open sea, distant hills, rigging, bright sun, and windblown water.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure drift, handheld framing, and contact-print instability that add archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short travel insert, boat cutaway, coastal transition, or memory beat in a 1960s Caribbean sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows leisure boating in a coastal Jamaican setting without enough visual evidence to identify the boat, passengers, or exact route.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; metadata shows no logos, private property, or music, but copyright and permissions remain separate checks.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 Montego Bay boating, 8mm Jamaica home movie, 1960s Caribbean travel footage, and man steering small boat.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Montego Bay or 1964 Jamaica clips, then broader 1960s travel, boating, and Caribbean leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1964 Montego Bay home-movie footage, three men sit on a rocking wooden boat with sea and hills behind them. — Men sit on a small wooden boat in open water, with a uniformed man near the center.

The uniformed man smiles while seated on the wooden boat in Montego Bay, with passengers and choppy water visible. — A man in a white uniform smiles from the boat as passengers sit nearby.

A small boat rocks on open water as three men sit or lean in the frame during this 1964 Jamaica home movie. — Passengers remain seated as the boat moves across sunlit water.

The uniformed man stretches an arm across the boat as other men sit nearby, with Montego Bay water and hills behind. — The uniformed man gestures or steadies himself while seated on the moving boat.

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