Manaus Brazil-1979: Island with Lights Surrounded by Ocean

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Year1979
Decade1970s
LocationManaus, Brazil
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1979 Brazil

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Island with Lights Surrounded by Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1979, this vintage home movie captures a dreamy aerial view of a tropical coastline from a high vantage point. The footage shows a sprawling island with scattered lights, surrounded by a vast blue ocean under a dusky sky. The image is grainy with a distinct purple tint and visible film scratches, characteristic of Super 8 home movie footage. The camera appears to be moving slowly, offering a serene, nostalgic glimpse of a remote coastal region, possibly near Manaus, Brazil. The scene evokes a sense of quiet isolation and natural beauty, perfect for historical or documentary projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124549231

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: 1979 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: Manaus, Brazil 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 1970s archival requests needing brief aerial travel footage of water, island forms, and coastline or river-edge geography from a home-movie source.
Period detail: The 8mm source, purple color shift, soft exposure, and frame scratches support a late-1970s home-movie look, though no landmark or dated object is visible.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a traveler-shot aerial viewpoint, with the camera observing land and water from above rather than staging a planned scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue water, island or shoreline shapes, low clouds, scattered lights, aircraft-window-like framing, heavy grain, and vertical film scratches.
Film character: The footage has pronounced 8mm grain, faded blue-purple color, soft contrast, gate edges, and scratches that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, travel transition, aerial memory beat, or abstract cutaway between Brazil or tropical-location sequences.
Historical context: The view suggests travel over a broad waterway or coastal-looking landscape, but the frames do not identify a specific island, landmark, or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any production-specific rights still require review.
Research search match: Searches may include 1979 8mm aerial water view, Manaus Brazil home movie, vintage island from plane, blue-tinted Super 8 travel footage, and river or coastline aerial.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1979 Manaus or Brazil travel footage, then broader aerial water, island, or tropical travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1979 8mm aerial travel frame, possibly near Manaus, showing water, distant land shapes, clouds, and visible film scratches. — Aerial view over blue water with distant land forms and heavy 8mm film texture.

Blue-tinted 8mm aerial frame from the 1979 Brazil travel footage, showing a long island or shoreline form across open water. — Long landform seen from above through faded blue-purple film stock.

1979 8mm aerial frame, possibly near Manaus, with blue water, cloud cover, and scattered lights along an island or shoreline. — Scattered lights and shoreline-like shapes appear below a grainy aerial view.

Blue-purple 8mm frame from 1979 Brazil travel footage showing water, a curved landform, and prominent vertical film scratches. — Curved landform and water seen through scratched, faded 8mm footage.

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