San Jose Costa Rica-1978: Smiling Woman in Red Headscarf Leaning From a White Vehicle Window

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationSan Jose, Costa Rica
Duration8s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · San Jose, Costa Rica
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

travel
tourism
Central America
air travel
1970s fashion
holiday
candid portrait

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · city street beside airline and cargo office signs
Time and weather: day · winter (Christmas holiday trip) · bright daylight
Lighting: natural daylight with heavy blue colour cast
People: 2 · An adult woman in a red headscarf, dark sunglasses and a dark jacket at the vehicle window, and a second adult partly visible behind her.
Vehicles: white utility vehicle with roof rack
Objects: roof rack · door pillar · radio antenna · sunglasses · headscarf · signboards · side mirror
Readable signs: LACSA · AFSA · EL SALVADOR · AEROCARGA
Colors: blue · white · red · yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The woman looks out of the vehicle window with her hand on the door pillar.
She smiles broadly at the camera under the LACSA board.
A second passenger moves behind her inside the cab.
She turns slightly and speaks toward the person filming.

Smiling Woman in Red Headscarf Leaning From a White... — Clip Details

San José, Costa Rica, circa 1978 home movie footage shows a smiling woman in a red headscarf and dark sunglasses looking out from the window of a white utility vehicle with a roof rack. Above the vehicle hang airline and cargo boards reading LACSA, AFSA and Aerocarga El Salvador. She grips the door pillar, smiles and talks toward the camera while a second passenger moves behind her. The single handheld medium shot holds steady, and the Super 8 stock carries a strong blue colour cast.

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: 8s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001277

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1978 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: San Jose, Costa Rica 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: Helps with late-1970s Central American travel requests, putting a candid tourist portrait under period airline branding for documentary or aviation-history cutaways.
Period detail: The LACSA and Aerocarga El Salvador boards, oversized dark sunglasses, a tied headscarf and the boxy white vehicle with a roof rack may show late-1970s regional travel.
Home-movie behavior: The woman smiles and talks straight to the person filming, an unposed travel-companion moment that no professional crew would have staged.
What appears in frame: A woman in a red headscarf and sunglasses, her hand on a white door pillar, a roof rack with a hanging chain, a thin antenna, a passenger behind her, and LACSA, AFSA and El Salvador boards overhead.
Film character: Super 8 grain with a strong blue colour shift, good focus on face and lettering, and the slight handheld drift of an amateur camera.
Edit role: Works as a memory-beat insert or a cutaway in a travel sequence, or as a character introduction before the San José landmark shots.
Historical context: LACSA, Costa Rica's flag carrier founded in 1945, connected Central American capitals, and its office branding here sits beside an El Salvador cargo board.
Research note: The woman's face is identifiable and needs a likeness assessment, LACSA and other trade names appear on the boards, and the film's copyright is separate from any personality or property rights.
Research search match: Super 8 tourist Costa Rica 1970s, LACSA airline sign footage, woman in headscarf and sunglasses vintage travel, Central America home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Teatro Nacional facade, JFK bust and woman at Puerta del Diablo, then with other circa-1978 San José street scenes, then with vintage airline and tourist-travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Tourist in red headscarf and sunglasses looks out of a white vehicle under a LACSA board, San José, Costa Rica, circa 1978 — A woman in a red headscarf turns toward the camera from a white vehicle under airline boards, San José, circa 1978.
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Smiling woman in sunglasses and red headscarf leans from a white vehicle below LACSA and AFSA boards, Costa Rica, circa 1978 — She smiles broadly at the person filming, one hand on the door pillar, circa 1978.
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Woman in red headscarf at a white vehicle window as a passenger sits behind her, Aerocarga El Salvador board above, San José, circa 1978 — A second passenger appears behind the woman inside the vehicle cab, San José, circa 1978.
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Woman in red headscarf speaks toward the camera from a white utility vehicle under LACSA and AFSA boards, Costa Rica, circa 1978 — The woman talks to the person filming beneath the LACSA and AFSA boards, circa 1978.
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