Saint Thomas-1964: Red and Blue Cars Passing Tan Buildings on Street

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationSaint Thomas, US Virgin Islands
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Virgin Islands

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Red and Blue Cars Passing Tan Buildings on Street — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage footage captures a sunny day in Saint Thomas. The clip opens with a view of a tropical coastal town nestled on a lush green hillside, with white buildings and boats along the waterfront. The scene transitions to a bustling street where classic cars, including a red convertible and a light blue Volkswagen Beetle, drive past tan commercial buildings. Pedestrians in period clothing walk along the sidewalks, and the film's characteristic grain and color saturation evoke a strong sense of mid-century vintage and tropical island life.

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: 124000152

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 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: Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 Caribbean travel, street-life, and coastal-town atmosphere in documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing real 8mm home-movie texture.
Period detail: Visible period clues include mid-century cars, waterfront buildings, tropical hillside housing, pedestrians in light clothing, and sunlit commercial street architecture that may show 1960s island town life.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an observational visitor-shot feel, moving from a harbor view to a street scene where pedestrians and cars pass without staged action.
What appears in frame: Frames show a green hillside town, waterfront boats, white buildings, a tan street corner, classic cars, pedestrians, shopfront windows, and bright midday sun.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm color grain, soft focus, slight handheld instability, rounded frame edges, and saturated green-blue tones that give the clip clear home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, street cutaway, or memory beat between broader Caribbean or mid-century transportation sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually documents coastal settlement, small-boat waterfront activity, car traffic, and pedestrian movement in a tropical town setting without supporting claims about a specific event.
Research note: People and faces are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no obvious logos or audible music are present, but copyright and location/property issues require separate assessment.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s 8mm Caribbean street footage, Saint Thomas harbor home movie, vintage island cars, tropical waterfront town, and mid-century travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Saint Thomas or 1964 material if independently confirmed, then with Caribbean travel, harbor, classic-car, or sunny street-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm frame of a tropical coastal town, with white hillside buildings, boats along the water, and a green ridge behind them. — Waterfront buildings and boats sit below a lush hillside town.

A similar harbor view shows hillside houses, small boats near shore, and a tropical waterfront under bright sky. — Boats line the waterfront below hillside houses.

A sunlit street shows pedestrians near tan commercial buildings as classic cars pass through the frame. — Pedestrians and period cars pass a tan street-side building.

A light blue Volkswagen Beetle and another vehicle drive along a town street beside tan buildings and pedestrians. — Classic cars move along a sunny commercial street.

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