Saint Thomas-1964: Cruise Ship Look Ready To Leave Port

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Year1964
Decade1960s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Cruise Ship Look Ready To Leave Port — Clip Details

SAINT THOMAS-1964: A vintage 8mm film clip captures a large cruise ship at port, its white superstructure and dark hull visible against a clear blue sky. The footage, shot from a distance, shows the vessel docked in calm waters, with subtle camera movement revealing its full length. The image exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: grainy texture, slightly faded colors, and a soft focus, evoking a nostalgic 1960s travel memory. The ship appears ready for departure, a common sight in Caribbean ports during the era.

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: 124000051

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 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s travel, Caribbean cruise, harbor departure, or vacation-memory edits needing archival home-movie footage of a large passenger ship in port.
Period detail: The white superstructure, dark hull, open decks, and soft color 8mm look may show mid-1960s cruise travel as recorded from a waterside vantage point.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, observing the ship from across the water with slight handheld movement rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large passenger ship, white decks, dark hull, calm harbor water, blue sky, rigging or masts, small deck details, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has grain, soft focus, color fading, gate edges, and handheld instability that read as original 8mm travel-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a harbor cutaway, cruise-travel insert, departure setup, or quiet memory beat between broader Caribbean vacation scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects leisure travel and portside observation without confirming the vessel identity, exact harbor, or departure status beyond what is visible.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but vessel identity, port location, copyright, and any property-related concerns should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Search matches include 1960s 8mm cruise ship in port, vintage Caribbean harbor passenger ship, home movie ocean liner, and travel film ship departure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Saint Thomas travel shots, then same-year or same-location harbor material, then broader vintage cruise and port footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 8mm view of a large cruise ship at port, showing white upper decks, dark hull, water, and blue sky. — A distant view frames the ship broadside across calm harbor water.

1964 8mm frame showing the passenger ship's middle section at port, with rows of windows, dark hull, and open sky. — The camera holds on the vessel's central decks and long dark hull.

1964 8mm view of part of the cruise ship, with white deck structures, vertical mast lines, and water in the foreground. — A tighter frame catches the ship's side, railings, and mast details.

1964 8mm frame showing the cruise ship's white superstructure and dark hull from a waterside viewpoint. — The final frame emphasizes the ship's white upper decks above the harbor water.

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