Nassau Bahamas-1964: Coastal Settlement with Harbor View

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationNassau, Bahamas
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Nassau Bahamas

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Coastal Settlement with Harbor View — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a panoramic view of Nassau, Bahamas, from an elevated perspective. The footage reveals a coastal settlement with white buildings nestled along a harbor, surrounded by lush green hills and clear blue ocean waters. A small boat is visible in the water, and the scene includes a distant lighthouse. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic frame borders of Super 8 footage, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of mid-century Caribbean life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123994978

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 1838 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: cruise in carribean
Reel-level year note: 1964
Reel-level location note: carribean,st. thomas,virgin islands,martenque,grenada,venezuela,curacao,nassau
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: Nassau, Bahamas 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: Useful for 1960s Caribbean travel, Nassau harbor, and elevated coastal establishing views in documentary or museum edits.
Period detail: The scene may show mid-century harbor buildings, waterfront roads, and low coastal development consistent with the 1964 Nassau home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot overlook perspective, panning across the harbor from a high vantage point rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue harbor water, white and pale buildings, hillside roads, docks, shoreline structures, a small vessel, open ocean, and a distant lighthouse-like tower.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, blue color cast, slight fading, and black frame edges that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, travel transition, location cutaway, or reflective memory beat for Nassau or Caribbean coastal material.
Historical context: The footage documents a quiet elevated view of Nassau's waterfront and surrounding hills without visible crowds or identifiable individuals.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and any property or landmark permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Search matches include 1964 Nassau Bahamas 8mm harbor view, vintage Caribbean home movie, elevated ocean panorama, and mid-century coastal settlement footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Nassau or Bahamas footage from 1964, then broader 1960s Caribbean harbor and travel views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Nassau home-movie frame showing harbor water, low shoreline buildings, and hills from an elevated viewpoint. — Harbor and waterfront buildings seen from above in Nassau.

Elevated Nassau harbor view with shoreline structures, blue water, and a small vessel in the lower foreground. — Waterfront buildings and a vessel along Nassau harbor.

1964 Nassau frame showing rooftops, roads, harbor edge, and clustered waterfront buildings from above. — Rooftops, roads, and waterfront structures beside the harbor.

Elevated Nassau coastal view with open ocean beyond low buildings, pale ground, and a distant lighthouse-like tower. — Coastal terrain and open ocean with a distant tower on the shoreline.

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