Saint Thomas-1964: Beach And Boat Harbor View And Old Building With Palm Trees

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Year1964
Decade1960s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Beach And Boat Harbor View And Old Building With Palm Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of Saint Thomas, showcasing a historic stone building with blue shutters and a cross atop, framed by palm trees. The footage transitions to a tranquil harbor scene with numerous boats anchored in turquoise water, nestled against lush green hills. The warm, slightly faded colors and natural film grain evoke a nostalgic 1960s tropical vacation atmosphere, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 124000306

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: 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 8mm Caribbean travel footage suited to requests for island harbor views, beach approaches, and visitor-shot exterior landmarks.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-1960s vacation-era clues in the 8mm color stock, handheld framing, anchored small boats, and painted shutters on a stone building.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, pausing on a notable building before shifting to a harbor overlook rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a stone tower-like building, blue shutters, a cross or mast detail, palm trees, harbor water, anchored boats, shoreline, and green hills.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, warm faded color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a Caribbean travel insert, harbor transition, location-establishing cutaway, or brief vacation memory beat.
Historical context: The clip reflects leisure travel and scenic documentation in Saint Thomas as seen through a private home-movie camera, without confirming a specific landmark identity.
Research note: No people are visible, but signage or logos and the identifiable exterior building should be reviewed separately from underlying film copyright.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1960s Saint Thomas 8mm harbor, Caribbean island home movie, vintage beach boats, palm trees stone building, and tropical vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Saint Thomas or 1964 Caribbean clips, then broader island harbor and beach travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 8mm frame of a stone exterior with blue shutters, palm fronds, and a small shaded entry area in Saint Thomas metadata context. — A visitor-framed view of a stone building partly obscured by palm trees.

Stone tower-like exterior with flags above, blue shutters, palm trees, and a small sign, seen in a 1964 Saint Thomas home-movie frame. — The camera holds on the upper portion of a stone building with flags and palms.

1964 8mm harbor view with turquoise water, small anchored boats, a beach edge, green hills, and foreground structure. — A high viewpoint looks across a calm harbor with many small boats at anchor.

Distant harbor detail showing boats, dock structures, cylindrical tanks, shoreline activity, and steep green hills in 1964 8mm footage. — A telephoto-like view compresses boats and dock structures against the hillside.

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