Nassau Bahamas-1961: View Of Coral From A Glass Bottom Boat

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationNassau, Bahamas
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Nassau Bahamas

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View Of Coral From A Glass Bottom Boat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures an underwater view from a glass-bottom boat in Nassau, Bahamas. The footage shows a murky, green-tinted ocean floor with indistinct coral formations and marine textures visible through the glass. The image is grainy with natural film artifacts, typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. The camera remains steady, offering a nostalgic glimpse of tropical marine life as seen from a tourist vessel. This archival clip evokes mid-century travel and leisure, perfect for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, 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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127583996

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 1121 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: trip to florida,nassau,browns hotel,spring,woodpecker build nest,tree,catfish caught river,flowers,tulip
Reel-level year note: 1960-1961
Reel-level location note: florida,nassau
Date: 1961 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: Nassau, 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: 1960s Nassau travel footage for productions needing a brief archival cutaway of glass-bottom boat tourism and underwater coral viewing.
Period detail: The glass-bottom boat framing and green 8mm color may show a mid-century tourist excursion, with no visible people, signage, or landmarks to further date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip holds a visitor's steady downward view through boat glass, preserving the experience of looking for coral rather than staging marine scenery.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include green water, murky coral forms, pale boat or glass edges, dark frame borders, soft focus, film dust, and shifting underwater texture.
Film character: The 8mm scan has coarse grain, teal-green color drift, soft exposure, gate edges, and small dust marks that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, travel transition, memory beat, or atmospheric cutaway within a sequence about Bahamas tourism or ocean excursions.
Historical context: The footage visually documents recreational marine sightseeing in Nassau, showing the ocean floor through a tourist boat without identifiable people or businesses.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright and location-use questions should still be reviewed against the source film and licensing terms.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 Nassau glass bottom boat footage, 8mm Bahamas underwater coral view, and vintage home movie ocean floor cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Bahamas travel shots, then other 1961 Nassau material, then broader vintage tropical tourism or underwater observation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Nassau glass-bottom boat view showing green water, indistinct coral texture, pale frame edges, and 8mm film grain. — Murky coral and seabed textures appear through the glass-bottom boat window.

1961 Nassau underwater view from a glass-bottom boat, with soft coral forms and green-tinted water framed by the boat structure. — A diagonal boat edge frames the green underwater view and coral-like formations.

Green-tinted 1961 Nassau glass-bottom boat frame with indistinct coral, seabed texture, pale glass edge, and visible film wear. — The seabed appears soft and mottled beneath the glass-bottom viewing area.

1961 Nassau tourist boat view looking down through glass at murky green water and soft coral or reef textures. — Cloudy underwater forms drift across the glass-bottom boat view near the end of the clip.

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