Bahamas-1969: A Boat In The Blue Water Near The Coast Line

$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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A Boat In The Blue Water Near The Coast Line — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage footage captures a small boat gliding across deep blue water near a tropical coastline. The deck features a wrapped cargo bundle and metal railings, with a white cabin and red life preserver visible. The camera pans across the vessel before shifting to a distant view of a resort-style building nestled among palm trees on the shore. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight instability, evoking a nostalgic 1960s home movie feel. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects about travel and maritime life in the Bahamas.

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: 125061926

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 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1969 Bahamas home-movie footage for edits needing maritime travel, tropical coastline, or period vacation atmosphere.
Period detail: The small cabin boat, railings, wrapped deck bundle, saturated blue water, and distant shoreline may show late-1960s leisure travel details.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld pan from boat deck to shoreline gives the clip an unstaged visitor-shot perspective from the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small boat deck, metal railings, wrapped cargo, white cabin, blue water, cloudy sky, palm-lined shore, and distant resort-style building.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, soft focus, color shift, and slight handheld instability typical of home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a travel cutaway, maritime insert, shoreline transition, or brief memory beat in a Bahamas sequence.
Historical context: The clip places a visitor on the water near a tropical shore, suggesting mid-century Caribbean vacation or boat travel without identifying a specific site.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, vessel, and property context should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1969 Bahamas 8mm boat footage, vintage Caribbean coastline home movie, and tropical shoreline from water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Bahamas travel scenes, then 1969 Bahamas coastal material, then broader vintage boat and tropical vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Bahamas 8mm frame showing a small boat deck with metal railings, wrapped cargo, white cabin structure, and deep blue water. — Small boat deck and cabin seen from close range on blue water.

1969 Bahamas shoreline viewed from the water, with low palms, distant light buildings, rippled blue water, and clouds. — Distant tropical shoreline across rippled blue water.

1969 Bahamas home-movie frame of a palm-lined coast and distant buildings across blue water beneath a cloudy sky. — Palm-lined shore and distant buildings seen from offshore.

1969 Bahamas 8mm view across blue water toward a distant shoreline with palms, clouds, and a large resort-style building. — Wide offshore view toward a palm-lined shoreline and distant building.

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