US Virgin Islands-1967: A Cruise Ship Sailing Away Between Coastal Inlets

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A Cruise Ship Sailing Away Between Coastal Inlets — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a serene coastal scene in the US Virgin Islands. The footage shows a large white cruise ship sailing across the deep blue ocean, framed by lush green hills and a hazy purple sky. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film scratches evoke a strong sense of nostalgia, with the ship gradually moving across the frame. This archival clip offers a glimpse into mid-century travel and leisure, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 125318656

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1967 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 1960s travel, cruise, Caribbean tourism, or home-movie sequences needing an exterior maritime cutaway from the US Virgin Islands.
Period detail: The 8mm color and distant white passenger ship may show mid-1960s leisure travel viewed from a coastal overlook or hillside vantage point.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot perspective, holding on a scenic harbor view as the ship moves between green coastal inlets.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white cruise ship, open blue water, hazy sky, green hills, distant coastline, and dark film gate edges.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm texture through visible grain, slight color fade, soft focus, handheld framing, and contact-print edge marks.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a travel insert, establishing cutaway, quiet transition, or memory beat between vacation or maritime scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects leisure travel and coastal sightseeing in a Caribbean setting, without visible people, signage, or identifiable landmarks in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible, but ship identity, location specifics, copyright status, and any property implications should be separately reviewed.
Research search match: Search match for 1967 8mm US Virgin Islands cruise ship, Caribbean ocean inlet home movie, vintage passenger ship at sea, and coastal travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1967 US Virgin Islands material, then broader 1960s cruise, ocean, island, and travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 8mm US Virgin Islands view of a distant white cruise ship moving across blue water near green coastal inlets. — A distant white ship passes between coastal hills under a hazy sky.

Distant white passenger ship at sea in the US Virgin Islands, framed by 8mm film edges and a purple-blue horizon. — The ship continues across open water beyond the dark film frame edge.

A white cruise ship slips partly out of frame in a 1967 8mm coastal view of blue sea and green land. — Only part of the ship remains visible as the camera holds on the sea and coastline.

US Virgin Islands coastal view on 8mm film, showing open sea, hazy horizon, and a green inlet hillside after the ship has passed. — The final frame settles on open water and a green coastal slope.

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