USA Virgin Islands-1964: Sailors On Boat With Air France Ship In Background

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Sailors On Boat With Air France Ship In Background — Clip Details

USA VIRGIN ISLANDS-1964: Sailors in white uniforms relax on a small boat, one smoking a cigarette, as they glide across the water. The vibrant 8mm film captures the shimmering sea under a bright sky, with a distant shoreline featuring buildings and an Air France ship. The scene exudes a relaxed, nostalgic mood, showcasing a moment of leisure during a tropical vacation. The footage, shot on vintage 8mm film, shows natural grain and color saturation typical of the era, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 124003934

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

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s 8mm travel footage suited for documentary inserts about Caribbean leisure, seafront transit, sailors off duty, or vacation-era harbor scenes.
Period detail: The white sailor-style uniforms, small boat, saturated 8mm color, and visible Air France lettering on a vessel or waterfront structure support a mid-1960s travel-film reading.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an informal boat ride, with men relaxing, talking, and looking away from the camera rather than posing for a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include sunlit harbor water, a small boat, men in white uniforms, shoreline buildings, a church-like spire, and Air France lettering in the background.
Film character: The footage has handheld 8mm texture, soft focus, visible grain, strong color saturation, and shifting exposure over bright reflective water.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel transition, harbor insert, or relaxed memory beat between broader vacation or maritime sequences.
Historical context: The scene shows leisure on the water near a developed shoreline, with uniformed men and commercial travel branding visible in the same harbor view.
Research note: Faces and Air France branding are visible, so likeness and trademark review may be needed in addition to separate copyright and footage licensing checks.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s 8mm Caribbean harbor, sailors on small boat, Air France waterfront, vintage vacation boat ride, and home movie sea travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1964 United States Virgin Islands harbor footage, then broader 1960s tropical travel and maritime leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 8mm harbor view with sparkling water, a small figure or craft in the foreground, and distant boats near the horizon. — Bright water fills the frame as a small figure or craft moves across the harbor.

Men in sailor-style clothing sit aboard a small boat in the United States Virgin Islands, with waterfront buildings and Air France lettering behind them. — Uniformed men relax on a small boat near the waterfront.

Three men, two in white sailor-style uniforms, sit on a small boat with harbor buildings, a spire, and Air France lettering in the background. — Men sit close together on the boat as the shoreline passes behind them.

Two men sit and lean toward each other on a small boat, with United States Virgin Islands waterfront buildings and Air France lettering visible behind them. — The boat ride continues as two men lean together near the harbor shoreline.

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