USA Virgin Islands-1964: Friends On Boat Trip In Tropical Town

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Friends On Boat Trip In Tropical Town — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1964 captures three men on a boat trip in the USA Virgin Islands. Dressed in casual summer attire, including a sailor-style shirt and white trousers, they sit together on the deck, looking out at a tropical waterfront. In the background, a distinctive church steeple rises above the colonial buildings of a coastal town. The footage shows natural, unscripted moments of travel and camaraderie, with the men in relaxed poses, some resting their chin on their hand. The film exhibits classic Super 8 color saturation and grain, evoking a nostalgic, sun-drenched vacation atmosphere.

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: 124003940

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: Useful for 1960s travel, leisure, and Caribbean vacation sequences needing visitor-shot boat footage with friends against a coastal town waterfront.
Period detail: The men's clothing, 8mm color stock, small craft setting, and waterfront architecture may show mid-1960s tourist travel in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged companion behavior as men sit, look around, rest their heads, and share quiet moments on a boat.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated men, boat rails, blue water, a waterfront town, pale buildings, a church steeple, cloudy sky, and partial boat hardware.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated color, soft focus, gate edges, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that support its home-movie archive character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short travel insert, harbor cutaway, friendship beat, or transition into a Caribbean waterfront sequence.
Historical context: The footage gives social context for leisure travel by adult men, filmed from a boat with a colonial-era-looking townscape in the background.
Research note: Faces are visible and a possible sign or logo appears in the background, so likeness and brand review may be needed separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 8mm U.S. Virgin Islands boat trip, friends on deck, Caribbean harbor town, vintage vacation home movie, and waterfront steeple.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 U.S. Virgin Islands harbor scenes, then broader 1960s Caribbean travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Three adult men sit on a boat in 1964 U.S. Virgin Islands footage, with harbor water and a steepled waterfront town behind them. — Three men sit together on a boat deck with a waterfront town and steeple in the background.

Adult men sit quietly on a boat in 1964 U.S. Virgin Islands home-movie footage, backed by water, buildings, and a church steeple. — Men seated on a boat appear relaxed as the harbor town remains visible across the water.

Several adult men are partly visible on a boat in 1964 U.S. Virgin Islands footage, with a harbor town and steeple across the water. — The boat framing shifts, showing seated men and more of the waterfront buildings behind them.

Adult men sit on a boat in 1964 U.S. Virgin Islands home-movie footage, with blue harbor water and low town buildings behind them. — A wider boat-deck moment shows the group seated against the waterfront town and cloudy sky.

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