Saint Thomas-1964: Light Blue Volkswagen Beetle Drives Down Narrow City Street

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Year1964
Decade1960s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Light Blue Volkswagen Beetle Drives Down Narrow City Street — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a bustling street scene in Saint Thomas. A light blue Volkswagen Beetle drives down a narrow city street, passing a white jeep and pedestrians on the sidewalks. People in period clothing walk past shops with signs like 'MERAS' and 'TROPICANA', with a mountain ridge visible in the background. The footage shows natural movement and the characteristic grain of Super 8 film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century Caribbean life.

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: 124000158

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Caribbean street footage for productions needing an urban traffic, pedestrian, or mid-century travel cutaway.
Period detail: Visible clues include older cars, a white jeep, a light blue Volkswagen Beetle, shopfront signage, narrow sidewalks, and period street clothing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged traveler viewpoint, watching cars and pedestrians move through an everyday commercial street.
What appears in frame: The frames show a narrow street, white jeep, light blue Beetle, pedestrians, storefronts, vertical signs, sidewalks, and a mountain ridge.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, slight color shift, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, location transition, travel-memory beat, or cutaway for mid-century street life.
Historical context: The footage may show a compact commercial district where pedestrian movement, storefront activity, and small vehicles share a narrow roadway.
Research note: People and visible signage require review for likeness, trademark, and location identification; copyright status is separate from those issues.
Research search match: Searches such as 1960s Saint Thomas street, Caribbean city traffic, vintage Volkswagen Beetle, white jeep, and 8mm travel footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with Saint Thomas or 1964 material if verified, then with 1960s Caribbean streets and vehicle footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 home-movie frame showing a white jeep, blue Volkswagen Beetle, pedestrians, storefronts, and a mountain ridge beyond the street. — A white jeep and light blue Beetle pass through a narrow commercial street.

The street view shows a white jeep, a blue Beetle near the right edge, pedestrians on sidewalks, shop signs, and hills in the background. — Traffic and pedestrians share a compact street lined with shops and signs.

A white jeep moves along the street while people walk near storefronts beneath vertical signage and a visible hillside backdrop. — A jeep travels past storefronts as pedestrians walk along shaded sidewalks.

The closing frame shows the white jeep lower in the street, pedestrians at the right sidewalk, arched storefront details, and hills beyond. — Pedestrians stand near storefronts as the jeep continues down the narrow street.

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