Greece-1963: Young United States Sailor Standing In Front Of A Plane Labeled

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationGreece
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Young United States Sailor Standing In Front Of A Plane... — Clip Details

A young United States Navy sailor in a crisp white uniform stands confidently on the flight deck of the USS Saratoga in 1963. The vintage 8mm film captures the iconic carrier with its VA-36 squadron markings and aircraft, including a jet labeled 8487. The footage, shot in bright daylight, shows the sailor posing near the plane, with the deep blue sky contrasting against the white ship and uniform. This authentic home movie clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into Cold War-era naval life and aviation history.

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: 125019749

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

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: 1963 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: Greece 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 projects needing U.S. Navy carrier aviation material from Greece with a posed sailor and aircraft detail.
Period detail: Visible clues include a white Navy uniform, USS Saratoga lettering, VA-36 markings, aircraft number 8487, and 8mm color home-movie handling.
Home-movie behavior: The sailor appears to pose for the camera in an informal home-movie moment rather than a staged official record.
What appears in frame: Frames show a stone-columned classical structure, a sailor in dress whites, USS Saratoga and NAVY lettering, VA-36 markings, aircraft tail number 8487, and flight-deck hardware.
Film character: The scan has saturated 8mm color, coarse grain, slight softness, handheld framing, and contact-sheet edge shadows that preserve the physical-film feel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, service-memory beat, carrier-deck cutaway, or transition between travel footage and naval aviation material.
Historical context: The clip places a uniformed U.S. sailor beside Navy aircraft, visually connecting personal travel footage with Cold War-era military presence noted in the metadata.
Research note: Human likeness, military markings, and aircraft identifiers are visible, so copyright, publicity, and institutional-use considerations should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1963 Greece 8mm U.S. Navy sailor, USS Saratoga home movie, VA-36 aircraft, and carrier flight deck footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Greece 1963 material, then U.S. Navy, carrier aviation, sailor portrait, or Cold War travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Greece home-movie frame showing a classical stone structure with columns, filmed from a low angle under bright blue sky. — Low-angle view of a columned classical structure in bright daylight.

Young U.S. Navy sailor in white uniform posing on a flight deck beside aircraft lettering for USS Saratoga and NAVY. — Sailor poses in front of a Navy aircraft with USS Saratoga markings.

1963 home-movie frame of a U.S. Navy sailor standing close to aircraft markings reading USS Saratoga, NAVY, and VA-36. — Closer view of the sailor beside USS Saratoga and squadron markings.

U.S. Navy sailor on a carrier flight deck beneath aircraft number 8487, with USS Saratoga and NAVY markings visible. — Sailor stands under the aircraft tail area with number 8487 visible above him.

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