Saint Thomas-1964: Harbor with Sailboats and Ships

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

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Harbor with Sailboats and Ships — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil harbor scene in Saint Thomas. The footage shows several small sailboats and larger vessels moored in calm turquoise water, with a long pier and low-roofed buildings along the shoreline. Lush green hills rise in the background, and the camera pans slowly across the water, revealing a large ship docked at the far end. The image has a distinct greenish-yellow color cast and visible film grain, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. This archival footage evokes a nostalgic, peaceful island atmosphere.

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: 124000318

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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s editorial sequences needing archival home-movie harbor views, island travel atmosphere, or maritime establishing material.
Period detail: The footage may show a mid-1960s harbor with small sailboats, low waterfront buildings, long piers, and larger passenger or naval-looking vessels in the distance.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a visitor-shot, handheld look from an elevated vantage point, scanning the harbor without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include turquoise harbor water, moored sailboats, dock structures, low shoreline buildings, green hills, a large ship, and dark window or film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm image carries heavy grain, soft focus, green-yellow color shift, exposure variation, and handheld panning typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, travel-memory transition, maritime cutaway, or quiet period atmosphere beat.
Historical context: The view suggests leisure travel and harbor infrastructure in a Caribbean island setting, though exact waterfront details should be verified before identification.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are apparent, but vessel identity, harbor location, copyright status, and any property or maritime rights should be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960s 8mm harbor footage, Saint Thomas home movie, Caribbean boats, island waterfront, sailboats, pier, and vintage travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then cataloged Saint Thomas or 1964 material, then broader Caribbean harbor and vintage travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Cataloged Saint Thomas 1964 harbor view with turquoise water, moored small boats, low waterfront buildings, and dark frame edges. — Elevated harbor view with small boats and shoreline buildings through soft, green-tinted 8mm film.

Cataloged Saint Thomas harbor frame showing moored sailboats, dock lines, low red-roofed buildings, green hills, and dark film or window framing. — Moored boats and waterfront buildings appear beside long dock structures in the harbor.

Cataloged 1964 Saint Thomas harbor view with a large white ship at the dock, small boats, piers, shoreline structures, and green hillside. — A large docked ship comes into view beyond sailboats and pier lines in the harbor.

Cataloged Saint Thomas harbor frame showing a docked large ship, nearby pier, small sailboats, calm water, and dark vertical framing. — The pan settles on a docked vessel, sailboats, and pier structures across the harbor.

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