Puerto Rico-1966: Pelicans on Posts by Bay with Lighthouse

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationPuerto Rico
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 Puerto Rico

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Pelicans on Posts by Bay with Lighthouse — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil summer day in a Puerto Rican tourist village. Two pelicans perch on wooden posts in the foreground, silhouetted against a calm blue bay with boats and a distant pier. Lush palm trees frame the scene, and the warm, slightly faded color palette evokes classic mid-century nostalgia. The final frames reveal a red lighthouse rising above tropical foliage, suggesting a scenic coastal resort. This authentic archival footage offers a rare glimpse into 1960s island life and leisure, perfect 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: 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: 127729193

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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 1085 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: winter, lake,ice fishing,46th anniversary,party,sailboat,puerto rico
Reel-level year note: 1964-1965-1966-1967-1968
Reel-level location note: puerto rico
Date: 1966 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: Puerto Rico 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Puerto Rico seaside home-movie cutaway for productions needing coastal tourism, tropical resort atmosphere, wildlife, or harbor views.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-1960s leisure travel through small boats, a quiet bayfront, palm-lined structures, and a red lighthouse seen from a visitor viewpoint.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged tourist perspective, lingering on pelicans, water, boats, and a lighthouse rather than posed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pelicans on posts, calm blue water, moored boats, a distant pier, palm trees, a red lighthouse, and a small waterfront structure.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, and contact-print texture that support its home-movie origin.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief tropical establishing insert, harbor cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into a Puerto Rico vacation sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects visitor-shot coastal leisure in Puerto Rico, with wildlife and resort-adjacent waterfront views but no visible people or identifiable activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any property or landmark permissions for their use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1966 Puerto Rico 8mm home movie, pelicans by bay, tropical tourist village, red lighthouse, and vintage Caribbean travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Puerto Rico 1966 seaside views, then broader 1960s tropical travel and harbor material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 Puerto Rico 8mm frame with two pelicans on posts beside calm bay water, boats, a pier, and palm-framed shoreline. — Pelicans perch by the bay as boats and a distant pier sit across the water.

1966 Puerto Rico coastal view with pelicans in the foreground, blue water, a white boat, distant pier, and palm-lined shore. — A pelican pair remains in the foreground while a small boat rests beyond the bay.

1966 Puerto Rico home-movie frame showing a red lighthouse above foliage, with palm trees, a small structure, and paved foreground. — A red lighthouse appears above tropical foliage near a waterfront structure.

1966 Puerto Rico frame with a red lighthouse partly framed by palms, dense trees, a small structure, and bright paved foreground. — The camera holds on the lighthouse and nearby tropical waterfront buildings.

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