Nassau Bahamas-1961: View Of White Building Palm Trees And Green Patio Umbrella

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

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View Of White Building Palm Trees And Green Patio Umbrella — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched courtyard in Nassau, Bahamas. The clip reveals a distinctive white building with angular, pointed roofs and a long covered walkway supported by wooden posts. Tall palm trees rise against a bright blue sky, framing the tropical scene. A green patio umbrella provides shade over a small pool or water feature dotted with lily pads. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color saturation, and natural light, evoking a nostalgic mid-century vacation atmosphere. The camera moves slowly along the corridor, offering a personal, immersive view of a resort-like setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127585772

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 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: Useful for 1960s Bahamas travel, resort, or mid-century leisure sequences needing authentic visitor-shot courtyard atmosphere.
Period detail: The frames show color 8mm footage from 1961 with tropical landscaping, angular rooflines, palm trees, and patio furniture typical of a period resort setting.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld view feels like a traveler pausing along a shaded walkway to record the courtyard, umbrella, palms, and architecture rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white building with pointed roof edges, palm trunks, a green patio umbrella, shaded walkway posts, plants, and a small water feature.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, saturated color, uneven exposure, and slight handheld drift that preserve its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, tropical travel cutaway, transition beat, or visual memory of a Nassau vacation setting.
Historical context: The footage documents a visitor's view of leisure architecture and landscaped outdoor space in Nassau without proving the building's identity or use.
Research note: People may be visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1961 Nassau Bahamas 8mm courtyard, vintage resort palm trees, green patio umbrella, or mid-century Caribbean travel footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Nassau material, then broader Caribbean resort, palm tree, and vacation home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Nassau home-movie view of a white building with pointed roof edges, palms, shaded posts, and a green umbrella. — A courtyard view frames palm trees, a white angular building, and a green patio umbrella.

1961 Nassau courtyard scene with tall palms, a green patio umbrella, and a white resort-like building in bright sun. — Palm trees and the green umbrella sit against the repeating roofline of the white building.

Shaded 1961 Nassau home-movie frame showing palms, courtyard greenery, a green umbrella, and the white building beyond. — The camera looks through shade toward the courtyard plants, umbrella, palms, and building facade.

1961 Nassau courtyard view with palm trunks, a green patio umbrella, tropical plants, lily pads, and a white building. — A late frame shows the umbrella and palms beside bright greenery and a small water feature.

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