Oahi Hawaii-1964: Palm Tree Bending In Wind Near Island With Crane Activity

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationOahi, Hawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Hawaii

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Palm Tree Bending In Wind Near Island With Crane Activity — Clip Details

OAHI HAWAII-1964: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a dramatic tropical scene with a palm tree bending violently in strong winds against a backdrop of a large island and deep blue ocean. The footage, shot from a shaded vantage point, shows a silhouetted figure on a dock as a large crane or mechanical arm moves in the foreground, suggesting a construction or industrial activity near the water. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a blue tint, evoking a nostalgic 1960s Hawaiian atmosphere.

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: 123998944

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 1420 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: xmas
Reel-level year note: 1964
Reel-level location note: hawaii
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: Oahi, Hawaii, United States 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 Hawaii 8mm footage for productions needing tropical waterfront weather, visitor-shot coastal views, or industrial activity near the ocean.
Period detail: The home-movie color, 8mm format, silhouetted waterfront structure, and metadata-supported 1964 date place the clip in a mid-1960s travel or coastal observation context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from shade as wind, ocean, a bending palm, and a distant person on a dock unfold without staging.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wind-bent palm, blue ocean, offshore island or headland, shaded posts, a dock railing, silhouetted figure, and moving crane-like arm.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, blue-magenta color shift, high contrast shade, soft focus, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, weather insert, tropical memory beat, or transition between vacation footage and waterfront work scenes.
Historical context: The footage may show a visitor perspective on a Hawaiian coastal site where leisure scenery and waterfront construction or equipment activity share the frame.
Research note: People are visible only as silhouettes, but likeness, location, property, and copyright status should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1964 Hawaii 8mm ocean wind, palm tree bending in tropical storm, home movie dock silhouette, and waterfront crane activity.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Hawaii footage, then other 1964 Oahi coastal scenes, then broader 1960s tropical weather or waterfront work material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Hawaii 8mm frame showing a palm tree bent by strong wind near the ocean, with an offshore island or headland in the background. — A palm tree bends sharply in wind against blue water and a distant island or headland.

1964 Hawaii 8mm frame from a shaded waterfront vantage point, with posts, ocean, distant land, and a dark moving shape near the water. — Dark structural posts frame the ocean and distant shoreline from a shaded waterfront area.

1964 Hawaii 8mm frame showing a silhouetted figure beside waterfront railings, with the ocean and distant land visible beyond shaded posts. — A lone silhouette stands near waterfront railings under a shaded structure.

1964 Hawaii 8mm frame of a silhouetted person near a waterfront platform, with blue ocean and a distant island or headland beyond. — A silhouetted figure stands near a waterfront platform as ocean fills the background.

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