England United Kingdom-1963: Two Women in Cat-Eye Sunglasses at the Stern of a Motor Cruiser

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationEngland, United Kingdom
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 · England, United Kingdom
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

summer holiday
leisure boating
1960s fashion
friendship
river travel
British national flag
swimwear

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan · slightly high angle, close range
Setting: outdoor · Stern of a motor cruiser underway on a river, with churning white wake behind
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: bright natural daylight
People: 3 · Two adult women, one dark-haired in white cat-eye sunglasses and a sleeveless navy top, one with light brown curly hair in dark cat-eye sunglasses and a blue halter bikini; the back of a third person's head appears briefly in the foreground.
Vehicles: motor cruiser
Objects: cat-eye sunglasses · bikini · Red Ensign flag · wooden flagstaff · sleeveless top
Colors: white · navy blue · red · teal green · blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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A woman in white cat-eye sunglasses smiles at the stern beside the Red Ensign, another passenger's head in the foreground.
The camera pans right across the churning wake.
A second rider in a blue bikini and dark sunglasses laughs toward the camera.
The camera swings back left past the red flag.
The shot ends on the first woman smiling beside the flagstaff.

Two Women in Cat-Eye Sunglasses at the Stern of a Motor... — Clip Details

On a river in England, circa 1963, home movie footage shows a dark-haired woman in white cat-eye sunglasses and a sleeveless navy top smiling at the stern of a motor cruiser, beside a flagstaff flying a Red Ensign. The handheld camera pans right across the churning white wake to a second rider in a blue halter bikini and dark cat-eye frames, who laughs toward the lens. It then swings back to the first rider as the red flag streams behind her, all in saturated, softly focused 8mm colour.

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: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000896

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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: 1963 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: England, United Kingdom 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 early 1960s British summer leisure, giving productions an authentic boating holiday moment with period sunglasses and swimwear.
Period detail: White and dark cat-eye sunglasses, a halter-neck bikini, curled hairstyles and a plain Red Ensign may show an English pleasure cruise of the early 1960s.
Home-movie behavior: The riders smile and laugh straight at a friend's camera, an unstaged holiday moment shot from inside the boat rather than from shore.
What appears in frame: A woman in white cat-eye sunglasses, a second in a blue bikini and dark frames, a wooden flagstaff with a Red Ensign, foaming wake and the back of a passenger's head.
Film character: Saturated 8mm colour with soft focus, visible grain, light dust specks and handheld sway give the shot a warm, intimate home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a memory beat or upbeat cutaway inside a holiday sequence, or as a transition into river and boating material.
Historical context: Private motor cruising on English rivers was a popular holiday pastime, and this clip shows that leisure culture through period swimwear and eyewear.
Research note: The women are identifiable and unnamed, so likeness releases should be considered separately from copyright in the film; the flag is a national ensign, not a logo.
Research search match: Matches searches like 1960s women on a boat, cat-eye sunglasses home movie, British river holiday 8mm film and vintage bikini boat wake.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the rowing crew, mooring rope and swimmer clips from this reel, then the Guards band at Buckingham Palace, then other early 1960s British holiday footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Woman in white cat-eye sunglasses at a motor cruiser stern by a Red Ensign, England, circa 1963 — A holidaymaker in white cat-eye sunglasses smiles at the stern of a motor cruiser, the Red Ensign above her, England, circa 1963.
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Dark-haired woman in white sunglasses smiling over a boat's wake on an English river, circa 1963 8mm film — Close on the first rider as the red flag streams behind her and the wake churns white.
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Woman in a blue halter bikini and dark cat-eye sunglasses laughing on a cruiser, England, circa 1963 — A second rider in a blue halter bikini and dark cat-eye frames laughs toward the camera above the wake.
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Closing view of the woman in white sunglasses by a red ensign on a river cruiser, England, circa 1963 — The camera returns to the first rider beside the red flag, the bikini-clad companion at the edge of the frame.
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