Nassau Bahamas-1961: Man Waving As Passengers Disembark Cruise Ship

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

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Man Waving As Passengers Disembark Cruise Ship — Clip Details

NASSAU BAHAMAS-1961: A man in a light-colored suit and fedora waves from the gangway of a white cruise ship labeled 'FLORIDA' as passengers disembark. The 8mm film captures the vintage travel scene with warm, slightly faded colors and characteristic film grain. A crew member in uniform stands near the doorway, and the metal ramp leads down from the ship's entrance. The footage shows a classic mid-century cruise experience with period-appropriate clothing and maritime details.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127584123

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s travel, cruise, and Nassau arrival sequences needing visitor-shot home-movie footage of passengers disembarking from a ship.
Period detail: The light suit, fedora, uniformed crew member, metal gangway, and white ship exterior labeled Florida support a mid-century cruise-travel reading.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the informal greeting as a man pauses on the gangway and waves toward the camera while other passengers and crew remain near the doorway.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the ship doorway, Florida nameplate, portholes, open hatch doors, gangway railings, a waving man in a hat, crew in uniform, and passengers behind him.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-print framing that preserve a home-movie travel texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an arrival insert, cruise-travel transition, shipboard cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century Caribbean tourism.
Historical context: The clip shows a social travel moment at a ship gangway in Nassau, with dress and onboard procedures suggesting organized leisure travel in the early 1960s.
Research note: People and faces are visible and the ship name Florida appears, so likeness, trademark, and vessel identification should be reviewed separately from footage copyright.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Nassau Bahamas cruise ship home movie, passengers disembarking, man waving on gangway, 8mm Caribbean travel footage, and vintage ocean liner arrival.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Nassau travel scenes, then other 1961 Bahamas harbor footage, then broader 1960s cruise, shipboard, and Caribbean tourism material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Nassau, Bahamas in 1961, a man in a light suit and fedora waves from the gangway of a white ship labeled Florida. — A suited man waves from the gangway as crew and passengers stand near the ship doorway.

A man in a hat moves along the gangway of the white ship as a uniformed crew member stands by the open doorway. — The man continues down the gangway while people remain at the ship entrance.

The 1961 Nassau ship scene shows the suited man waving again from the gangway, with crew and passengers framed by the open hatch. — The gangway scene holds as the man gestures toward the camera near the ship entrance.

The man lifts his fedora in greeting on the ship gangway, with portholes and the open passenger doorway visible behind him. — A hat-tip gesture closes the gangway moment as the passenger faces the camera.

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