Bahamas-1969: Green Palm Trees On A Clear Sunny Day

$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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Green Palm Trees On A Clear Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a tropical Bahamian beach scene with swaying palm trees and thatched-roof cabanas. The footage shows a serene, sun-drenched day with a distinctive purple-tinted sky, likely due to film stock characteristics of the era. Stone walls and lounge chairs dot the sandy shore, evoking classic mid-century vacation nostalgia. The handheld camera movement and natural film grain enhance the authentic, personal feel of a family holiday.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorHandheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125062193

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: 1960s Bahamas home-movie beach cutaway for productions needing tropical vacation atmosphere, palm trees, and resort shoreline texture from real 8mm footage.
Period detail: The thatched cabanas, simple lounge chairs, stone wall, and handheld color 8mm look may show mid-century tourist beach design without identifying a specific resort.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on palms and beach structures rather than staged action or posed subjects.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include coconut palms, thatched shade cabanas, lounge chairs, a low stone wall, pale sand or shoreline, and a purple-blue sky.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, slight handheld drift, and a purple color cast consistent with aged home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief tropical establishing insert, vacation-memory transition, or quiet cutaway between travel or family-holiday scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects leisure travel imagery through beach infrastructure and palm-lined resort grounds, while the frames do not identify a named property or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, and any property-use questions should still be reviewed for the intended project.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 Bahamas 8mm beach footage, vintage palm trees, tropical resort cabanas, and home movie vacation shoreline.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Bahamas 1969 material, then broader vintage tropical beach or mid-century vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Bahamas 8mm frame showing palms, thatched cabanas, lounge chairs, and a low stone wall near the shore. — Palm-lined beach area with thatched shelters and lounge chairs near a low stone wall.

1969 Bahamas beach view with thatched shade structures, palm trunks, lounge chairs, and a purple-tinted sky. — Thatched beach cabanas and palms seen from a visitor's handheld camera position.

1969 Bahamas home-movie frame with tall palms dominating the view above a bright beach setting. — Tall palms fill the frame as the camera tilts or drifts across the beach area.

1969 Bahamas 8mm frame with overlapping palm fronds and trunks against a bright, purple-blue sky. — Soft handheld view of palm fronds and trunks closing the short tropical beach clip.

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