US Virgin Islands-1967: Green Island And People Swimming In Blue Water On A

$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.

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Green Island And People Swimming In Blue Water On A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a serene tropical scene in the US Virgin Islands. The footage opens with a wide view of turquoise waters and distant mountains under a purple-tinged sky, then pans to reveal a lush green island with rocky shores. A person swims in the clear blue water, enjoying a sunny day. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic 1960s vacation memory. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects about Caribbean travel and vintage home movies.

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: 125318701

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 Caribbean home-movie footage for documentary or editorial requests needing US Virgin Islands coastal travel, blue water, and leisure swimming material.
Period detail: The saturated 8mm color, handheld framing, and vacation viewpoint support a 1967 home-movie context, with no specific landmark identifiable from the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a visitor's unstaged look across turquoise water toward rocky green shoreline, ending with a distant swimmer in the bay.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue-green sea, white surf, distant hills, purple-blue sky, rocky shoreline, tropical vegetation, and a small swimmer.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, saturated blues and greens, slight exposure variation, and handheld movement consistent with a scanned home movie.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short scenic insert, travel transition, coastal cutaway, or memory beat within 1960s Caribbean vacation sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century leisure travel imagery through a private camera, showing coastal scenery and swimming rather than organized tourism infrastructure.
Research note: A distant person is visible, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos, music, or clear private property are apparent in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1967 8mm US Virgin Islands, Caribbean home movie shoreline, turquoise water swimmer, and vintage island vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1967 US Virgin Islands footage, then broader Caribbean swimming and coastal vacation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 US Virgin Islands home-movie view across blue water toward distant hills under a purple-tinged sky. — Blue water, surf line, and distant hills seen through a soft 8mm frame.

1967 US Virgin Islands coastal view with rocky vegetation, calm blue water, and hazy hills in the distance. — Rocky green shoreline meets calm Caribbean water with hills beyond.

Handheld 1967 US Virgin Islands home-movie frame showing a green, rocky shoreline above clear blue water. — Soft handheld view of tropical vegetation and rocks above clear water.

1967 US Virgin Islands home-movie frame with a distant swimmer in blue water below a rocky green shore. — A distant swimmer appears in the bay beneath the rocky green shoreline.

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