Bahamas-1969: Coastal Village With Boats And Palm Trees

$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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Coastal Village With Boats And Palm Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage footage captures a tranquil coastal scene in the Bahamas. The view, taken from the water, shows a line of white houses and buildings along the shore, dotted with palm trees and numerous boats—some fishing vessels, others leisure craft—moored in a calm harbor. The image has a distinct purple-blue color cast typical of aged Super 8 film, with visible grain and soft focus. The camera remains steady, offering a nostalgic glimpse of island life and maritime activity during a sunny day.

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: 125061953

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing 1960s Caribbean coastal atmosphere, harbor cutaways, or Bahamas home-movie establishing material for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The small boats, low shoreline buildings, palms, and soft 8mm color may show a late-1960s island waterfront, supported by the 1969 clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot perspective from the water, observing the shoreline without staged action or identifiable people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm blue water, a distant village shoreline, white waterfront buildings, palm trees, moored boats, cloudy sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and a purple-blue aged-film cast that gives the clip clear archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, maritime transition, travel-memory beat, or calm cutaway between Bahamas or harbor sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents a quiet waterfront view with small craft and coastal settlement patterns, without enough detail to identify a specific town or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 Bahamas 8mm harbor, Caribbean coastal village home movie, vintage boats on water, and 1960s island shoreline footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Bahamas waterfront material, then broader vintage Caribbean boats, coasts, and island travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Bahamas 8mm frame showing a coastal village seen from the water, with white buildings, palm trees, small boats, and a blue-purple film cast. — Waterfront buildings and boats line a distant Bahamas shoreline viewed across calm water.

1969 Bahamas harbor view from the water, with a low coastal settlement, moored boats, palms, and visible 8mm frame borders. — A low waterfront settlement and moored boats appear across the harbor.

A 1969 Bahamas shoreline appears across blue harbor water, with white buildings, small boats, palms, clouds, and aged 8mm color. — Blue harbor water fills the foreground before a distant village shoreline.

1969 Bahamas coastal frame with open harbor water, white shoreline buildings, boats, palm trees, and a pronounced blue-purple 8mm cast. — Open water leads to a palm-lined waterfront with boats and low buildings.

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