Saint Thomas-1964: People Sitting And Eating In The Hotel

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Year1964
Decade1960s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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People Sitting And Eating In The Hotel — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a lively outdoor café scene in Saint Thomas. Patrons in summer attire sit at white-topped tables under a covered patio with arched columns, enjoying meals and conversation. The warm, slightly faded colors and soft focus evoke a nostalgic 1960s atmosphere, with natural light filtering through the open sides of the structure. The handheld camera moves subtly, offering a candid glimpse into everyday life at a tropical resort.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124000204

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: 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 archival requests needing candid resort dining, travel, leisure, or hotel patio atmosphere in home-movie form.
Period detail: The scene may show mid-1960s summer clothing, white patio tables, woven chairs, arched columns, and open-air resort dining architecture.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged visitor viewpoint as patrons sit, eat, talk, and move casually through a shaded hotel or café terrace.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated adults, white-topped tables, woven chairs, bottles or table items, arched columns, shutters, and a bright exterior building.
Film character: Soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, high-contrast shade, and gentle handheld framing give the clip a period home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a travel-memory insert, resort-life cutaway, dining transition, or atmospheric beat between broader vacation scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for leisure travel and informal outdoor dining without making claims about the specific hotel, patrons, or event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from privacy or property concerns.
Research search match: Search phrases might include 1960s 8mm resort café, vintage hotel patio dining, Saint Thomas home movie, and open-air restaurant terrace.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then Saint Thomas or 1964 travel footage, then broader 1960s resort dining and vacation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A 1964 8mm home-movie frame shows adults dining and talking on a shaded open-air hotel or café terrace. — Seated patrons gather at white-topped tables beneath a covered terrace with arched columns.

The camera looks across a shaded terrace where patrons sit at café tables, with a bright building and shutters outside. — A shaded terrace dining area is framed by columns with patrons seated throughout the space.

A closer home-movie view shows adults in summer clothing seated around tables on a covered patio. — Groups of patrons sit and converse at tables on the covered café or hotel patio.

The final frame holds on the open-air dining terrace as patrons sit near columns and a sunlit exterior building. — Patrons remain seated at terrace tables as the camera frames columns, chairs, and the bright exterior beyond.

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