Bahamas-1969: Tropical Resort Poolside And Beach With Lounge Chairs And Thatched Umbrellas

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Tropical Resort Poolside And Beach With Lounge Chairs... — Clip Details

BAHAMAS-1969: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a serene tropical resort scene. The clip opens on a tranquil poolside with rows of empty lounge chairs lining the water's edge, their reflections rippling in the calm blue pool. The scene transitions to a sun-drenched beach with thatched umbrellas, white sand, and turquoise waters where a few people swim in the distance. The footage exhibits classic 1960s film grain, warm color saturation, and a nostalgic, relaxed atmosphere, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or vintage travel montages.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125061882

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1022 · Super 8 · 5″ reel
Original reel label: cruise
Reel-level year note: 1969
Reel-level location note: bahamas
Date: 1969 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Bahamas Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Bahamas resort footage suited to requests for vintage Caribbean travel, poolside leisure, beach tourism, or quiet vacation cutaways in documentary and editorial projects.
Period detail: The resort lounge chairs, thatched beach umbrellas, turquoise shoreline, and 8mm color home-movie texture support a late-1960s vacation setting without identifying a specific property.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects a visitor's unstaged vacation perspective, observing empty pool chairs and beach activity from a shaded resort vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a swimming pool, white lounge chairs, thatched umbrellas, pale sand, calm turquoise water, distant swimmers, palm shade, and dark chair rows.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, warm color shift, mild exposure variation, and handheld framing that give it authentic home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm insert, tropical travel transition, resort establishing cutaway, or memory beat between more active vacation scenes.
Historical context: The imagery shows leisure tourism in a tropical resort setting, with beach furniture and quiet shoreline activity suggesting mid-century vacation habits without broader claims.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no readable logos are visible, and copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Bahamas 8mm resort beach, vintage Caribbean poolside lounge chairs, tropical thatched umbrellas, and home movie beach vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring footage from the same reel, then with other Bahamas 1969 material, then with broader vintage resort, beach, poolside, and Caribbean travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Bahamas home-movie frame showing empty white lounge chairs along a resort pool with shaded edges and water reflections. — Empty lounge chairs line a quiet resort pool, seen from a shaded poolside position.

1969 Bahamas beach scene with a thatched umbrella, rows of lounge chairs, pale sand, and swimmers far offshore. — A thatched umbrella shades a resort beach while distant swimmers move in calm turquoise water.

1969 Bahamas resort beach with dark rows of chairs, two thatched umbrellas, and small figures near the shoreline. — Rows of beach chairs sit beneath thatched umbrellas facing the shallow water.

1969 Bahamas home-movie frame showing thatched umbrellas, dark lounge chair rows, calm sea, and a beachgoer near the chairs. — A beachgoer stands among resort chairs under thatched umbrellas beside the calm shoreline.

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