USA Virgin Islands-1964: Two Men Rowing A Wooden Boat On The Water

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Two Men Rowing A Wooden Boat On The Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures two men rowing a small wooden boat across choppy blue water in the USA Virgin Islands. The men, shirtless and focused, use single oars to propel the boat forward, with a distant shoreline of green hills and buildings visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—slight color fading, grain, and natural motion—evoking a nostalgic, authentic slice of Caribbean life from the mid-1960s. This archival clip offers a candid glimpse into daily transportation and leisure on the islands.

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: 124003543

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: No
Audible music: No

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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: United States 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 home-movie requests needing small-boat travel, shoreline water activity, or everyday island transport as documentary b-roll.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, wooden rowboat, simple oars, and distant low-rise shoreline may show mid-1960s recreational or local water travel in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the men rowing steadily past the camera, with the filming perspective close enough to feel like a visitor or companion observing from another boat.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two shirtless men, a small wooden rowboat, single oars, choppy blue water, a green shoreline, distant buildings, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm archive texture through visible grain, blue color shift, handheld framing, gate edges, and small dust marks from the physical film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, travel insert, memory beat, or transition between island shoreline scenes and water-based movement.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for small-scale boating on Caribbean waters, while the specific purpose of the trip and identities of the men are not established.
Research note: People are visible and likely identifiable only in close review, so likeness rights may need assessment separately from copyright or source licensing.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1964 8mm U.S. Virgin Islands rowboat footage, Caribbean wooden boat home movie, or vintage island water transport.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1964 U.S. Virgin Islands shoreline footage, then with broader vintage boating or Caribbean travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 U.S. Virgin Islands 8mm frame showing two men in a wooden rowboat on blue water with green shoreline in the distance. — Two men row a wooden boat across choppy water near the shore.

1964 U.S. Virgin Islands home-movie frame of two men in a long wooden rowboat, one rowing as the coastline sits beyond the water. — The rowboat moves laterally across the water with a distant coast behind it.

1964 U.S. Virgin Islands 8mm frame showing a small wooden boat angled through choppy water, with two men using oars and shore in the background. — The boat turns through rougher water as both men work their oars.

1964 U.S. Virgin Islands frame of two men rowing a wooden boat across open water, with a low shoreline and scattered buildings in the distance. — Two rowers continue across the water as the shoreline recedes behind them.

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