Citadelle LaferriÈRe Nord-1974: Tourists in Straw Hats Filing Down Stone Fortress Stairs

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationCitadelle Laferrière, Nord, Haiti
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1974 · Citadelle Laferrière, Nord, Haiti

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What is in this clip

tourism
sightseeing
historic fortress
1970s fashion
crowds
Caribbean travel
leisure

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · tilt
Setting: outdoor · Stone fortress stairway and terrace with thick rough masonry walls under a pale sky
Time and weather: day · summer · overcast or hazy
Lighting: flat, diffuse daylight with a washed-out sky
People: 40 · A dense crowd of adult tourists in 1970s summer clothes, many in wide straw hats or white sun hats, with yellow and white trousers, orange and red shirts; a man in a yellow shirt stands on the wall edge and a woman waves near the top of the stairs.
Landmarks: Citadelle Laferrière
Objects: straw hats · white sun hats · shoulder bags · stone stairway · masonry walls · sweater tied around waist · numbered shirt
Colors: grey stone · yellow · orange-red · white · purple cast
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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Tourists start down a stone stairway from a crowded fortress terrace.
A woman in a white hat and yellow trousers waves near the top step.
More visitors in straw hats squeeze into the stairwell.
Two people in orange shirts lead a new group down as a man in yellow watches from the wall.

Citadelle LaferriÈRe Nord-1974: Tourists in Straw Hats... — Clip Details

Citadelle Laferrière, Haiti, circa 1974 home movie footage shows tourists in straw hats, white sun hats and bright yellow, orange and red clothes filing down a stone stairway between thick masonry walls from a crowded terrace above. A woman in a white hat and yellow trousers waves near the top step while a man in a yellow shirt stands on the wall edge. The single steady high-angle Super 8 shot is soft and grainy, with colour faded towards purple.

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: 800000798

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1974 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: Citadelle Laferrière, Nord, Haiti 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Answers requests for 1970s Caribbean tourism, Haiti in the Duvalier era, or period crowds visiting a historic monument, for documentary and education work.
Period detail: Flared trousers, wide straw hats, white bucket-style sun hats, bright yellow and orange clothing and a sweater tied at the waist all point to the mid-1970s.
Home-movie behavior: Shot by a fellow visitor from above, it catches people jostling down the steps, one woman waving at the camera and a man on the wall watching the flow.
What appears in frame: A rough stone stairway, thick fortress walls, a crowded terrace, women in straw hats, a waving woman in yellow trousers, a man in a yellow shirt and visitors in orange shirts.
Film character: Soft Super 8 grain, a blown-out pale sky and Ektachrome-type colour faded toward purple give the shot a warm, worn travel-film texture.
Edit role: Works as a period cutaway or memory beat inside a Haiti or Caribbean travel sequence, or as a crowd insert after an establishing view of the fortress.
Historical context: Haitian tourism picked up in the 1970s under Jean-Claude Duvalier, and this shot shows the kind of crowd that visited the Citadelle, which is now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Research note: The film is a home movie with its own copyright, while the soft but visible faces of these private visitors raise separate likeness questions, so treat each matter on its own terms for use.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 1970s tourists Haiti, Citadelle Laferrière home movie, Super 8 Caribbean travel and vintage fortress crowd footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's 'Massive crowd beside fortress wall', then 'Tourist woman at art market', 'Cruise ship behind port crowd' and 'El Morro fortress from sea', then other 1970s Caribbean travel films.

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Circa 1974 tourists in straw hats file down stone stairs at the Citadelle Laferrière, Haiti, from a crowded terrace — Visitors start down a stone stairway from a crowded fortress terrace, Citadelle Laferrière, Haiti, circa 1974.
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A woman in a white hat waves from the stairs of the Citadelle Laferrière in Haiti, circa 1974 Super 8 home movie — A woman in a white hat and yellow trousers waves to the camera on the fortress stairs, circa 1974.
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Circa 1974 visitors in straw hats and bright shirts crowd a narrow stairwell at Haiti's Citadelle Laferrière — More visitors squeeze into the stairwell between rough stone walls, Citadelle Laferrière, circa 1974.
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Tourists in orange shirts head down Citadelle Laferrière stairs in Haiti, circa 1974, watched by a man in yellow — Visitors in orange shirts lead a second group down the steps while a man in yellow watches from the wall, circa 1974.
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