US Virgin Islands-1967: A Large Ocean With A Mountain At The Distance

$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 Large Ocean With A Mountain At The Distance — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a serene ocean vista from the US Virgin Islands. The footage features a vast blue sea under a deep purple sky, with distant hills and a large mountain visible on the horizon. The grainy texture and color saturation of the Super 8 film create a nostalgic, dreamlike quality. Waves gently break along the shore, and the camera remains steady, offering a peaceful, timeless view of tropical nature. This archival clip evokes classic mid-century travel memories and is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 125318696

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: 1960s US Virgin Islands home-movie ocean scenery for documentary inserts, travel-history sequences, or quiet archival atmosphere.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly the 8mm color palette, grain, and steady tourist vantage rather than datable buildings, clothing, vehicles, or signage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects a visitor-shot pause on the seascape, holding the horizon and distant hills without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue ocean water, a purple sky, a straight horizon, distant island hills, low surf, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage has saturated 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and black gate edges that mark it as scanned physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a tropical establishing cutaway, a reflective transition, or a brief memory beat within travel or island-history material.
Historical context: The view documents a mid-century leisure-travel perspective on Caribbean coastal scenery without showing identifiable people, buildings, or named landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location verification, and any production-specific rights review remain separate clearance steps.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1960s 8mm US Virgin Islands ocean view, Caribbean home movie seascape, vintage island coastline, and distant hills over water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1967 US Virgin Islands clips, then broader Caribbean ocean and island landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 US Virgin Islands 8mm frame showing open blue water, a level horizon, and a purple sky, with no people or buildings visible. — Open ocean and purple sky seen through the edges of the film frame.

1967 US Virgin Islands 8mm view of a calm ocean horizon under a saturated purple sky, framed by dark scan borders. — A steady horizon line separates blue sea from purple sky.

1967 US Virgin Islands 8mm frame with distant island hills on the horizon, blue water in front, and a saturated purple sky above. — Distant hills appear across the water in a soft, grainy coastal view.

1967 US Virgin Islands 8mm view of island hills beyond blue water, with a bright band of breaking surf near the horizon. — A white surf line breaks in front of distant island hills.

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