Bahamas-1969: Police Officer Wearing White Shirt Directing Traffic On A Bright

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationBahamas
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Police Officer Wearing White Shirt Directing Traffic On... — Clip Details

BAHAMAS-1969: A vintage 8mm film clip captures a police officer in a crisp white uniform directing traffic on a sunny day. The officer stands at a street corner, arms outstretched, as a classic 1960s station wagon passes by. In the background, pedestrians walk past storefronts including 'The Perfume Shop' and 'Clothes Closet,' with a two-story building featuring a balcony. The scene is bathed in bright daylight, with a distinct purple color cast typical of 1960s home movie film. The footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into Bahamian street life in the late 1960s, showcasing period clothing, vehicles, and architecture.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 125062122

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 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: Useful for requests needing late-1960s Bahamas street life, waterfront approaches, or police traffic direction as documentary insert material.
Period detail: The clip shows a 1960s station wagon, storefront signs, balcony architecture, and a white-uniformed traffic officer, consistent with the supplied 1969 Bahamas metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera shifts from waterfront views to a street corner, preserving a visitor-shot glimpse of everyday movement rather than a staged civic scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue water, shoreline trees, small docks or boats, storefront awnings, pedestrians, a police officer, a station wagon, and balcony railings.
Film character: The 8mm footage has a purple color cast, soft focus, visible grain, and handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief travel transition, street-life cutaway, or memory beat between broader Bahamas location scenes.
Historical context: The frames provide visual context for public streets, tourist-area shops, waterfront access, and traffic control in a Bahamian setting without making broader claims.
Research note: People, faces, police presence, storefront names, and vehicle details are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location review may be needed separate from film copyright.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Bahamas 8mm street scene, Bahamian traffic officer, vintage waterfront home movie, and 1960s Caribbean storefront footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Bahamas 1969 street or waterfront scenes, then broader 1960s Caribbean travel and traffic-control material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Bahamas 8mm frame showing open water, a dark tree-lined shore, small dock structures, and a bright sky with purple film cast. — Waterfront view with shoreline trees and small dock structures.

1969 Bahamas waterfront view with rippling blue water, a dark tree line, small shore structures, and home-movie film softness. — Shoreline and water seen from a moving or handheld camera position.

1969 Bahamas 8mm frame showing a broad water surface, distant shoreline trees, and small dock or boat forms in bright daylight. — Broad waterfront view with distant docks and shoreline vegetation.

1969 Bahamas street corner with a white-shirted police officer directing traffic near The Perfume Shop, pedestrians, and a station wagon. — Traffic officer stands in the street near shops and a 1960s station wagon.

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