Saint Thomas-1964: Cruise Ship Panoramic In The Sea

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Year1964
Decade1960s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Cruise Ship Panoramic In The Sea — Clip Details

SAINT THOMAS-1964: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a massive ocean liner cruising through the sea, its white superstructure and dark hull dominating the frame. The ship's American flag flies atop the mast, and a small tender boat with people aboard moves alongside, suggesting a port arrival or departure. Shot through a grainy, slightly distorted lens, the footage displays the characteristic blue tint and soft focus of 1960s Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic sense of mid-century travel and maritime adventure.

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: 124000040

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Not recorded Unidentified (Insufficient evidence for a responsible conclusion.)
Location evidence: No location is recorded for this clip.
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: Useful for 1960s maritime travel or Caribbean cruise sequences needing real 8mm home-movie footage of a large ocean liner at sea.
Period detail: The white superstructure, dark hull, small tender boats, and faded 8mm color may show mid-century cruise travel, with 1964 supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage reads as a passenger or shoreline visitor's handheld view, watching a liner pass while small boats move beside it.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large ocean liner, yellow funnel, dark hull, rows of windows, blue sea, small tenders, people aboard a boat, and film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, blue-green color shift, grain, gate edges, and slight exposure variation give the clip a clear 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a travel insert, port-arrival cutaway, maritime transition, or brief memory beat for 1960s cruise footage.
Historical context: The scene suggests leisure travel or port activity from a home-movie viewpoint, without enough visual evidence to identify the vessel or exact location.
Research note: People are visible at small scale and the ship may carry identifiable markings, so likeness, vessel identity, and logo or brand review may be needed separately from copyright.
Research search match: Search matches include 1960s 8mm cruise ship, ocean liner at sea, Caribbean travel home movie, small tender beside liner, and vintage maritime footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Saint Thomas or 1964 travel material, then broader cruise, port, ocean liner, and sea transportation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A large cruise ship with a white upper deck and dark hull moves across the sea in archival 8mm footage dated 1964 by metadata. — Ocean liner fills the frame as it passes across open water.

The ocean liner's side dominates the frame while a small boat with people aboard appears alongside on the water. — Small tender travels near the side of the larger ship.

A large cruise ship sits beyond two small boats, including a tender carrying people, in soft blue-green 8mm footage. — Tender boats move in front of the liner's hull.

The ship remains broadside in frame, with small boats on the water below and a pale vertical structure visible near the right edge. — Boats cross the water below the liner's white decks.

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