Panama Canal Panama-1978: Man in a Red Polo Shirt Posing at a Canal Lock Beside a Cargo Ship

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationPanama Canal, Panama
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · Panama Canal, Panama
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

travel
tourism
Panama Canal
shipping
1970s vacation
visitor photography
maritime trade

Shot type: medium
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Canal lock-side visitor area with railings, lock chamber water and a cargo vessel
Time and weather: day · winter holiday season · sunny with scattered clouds
Lighting: bright natural sunlight
People: 3 · An adult man in a red polo shirt and light trousers in the centre; a blue-shirted onlooker partly visible at the left edge; a spectator's dark-haired head intruding late in the shot.
Vehicles: cargo ship
Landmarks: Miraflores Locks · Panama Canal
Objects: yellow railings · yellow electrical box on post · chain barrier · ship funnel marked VL · masts and derricks · lock chamber water · belt
Readable signs: VL
Colors: magenta · blue · red · yellow · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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A man in a red polo shirt stands at the lock railing with a cargo ship behind him.
He glances to his side with a hand on his hip.
He looks back toward the camera, both hands at his belt.
A spectator's dark-haired head moves in front of his face.
The shot ends with the man turned away and the vessel unchanged behind him.

Man in a Red Polo Shirt Posing at a Canal Lock Beside a... — Clip Details

Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal, Panama, circa 1978, home movie footage on Super 8 film. A man in a red polo shirt and belted light trousers stands with a hand on his hip beside yellow lock-side railings while a large cargo vessel with a blue funnel marked VL fills the chamber behind him. He glances to one side and back toward the lens, and then a spectator's dark-haired head moves in front of his face. The single handheld shot is steady, under bright sun with a strong magenta-blue colour shift.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001289

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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: Panama Canal, Panama 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: Serves requests for late-1970s amateur travel footage of the Panama Canal, showing a tourist beside a cargo ship in a lock for documentaries, education and period commercials.
Period detail: The red polo shirt, belted light trousers and men's hairstyle may show late-1970s casual dress, and the derrick-equipped cargo vessel fits merchant shipping of that era.
Home-movie behavior: A travel companion pauses to pose at the railing while the ship sits in the lock behind, and the moment ends unscripted when another visitor's head blocks the view.
What appears in frame: A man in a red polo shirt, yellow lock railings, a yellow box on a post, a chain barrier, a cargo ship with a blue VL funnel and derricks, and an onlooker's blue shoulder at the edge.
Film character: Super 8 grain, soft focus and a strong magenta-blue colour shift give the clip a period amateur-film texture under hard tropical sunlight.
Edit role: Works as a short memory beat or cutaway inside a canal or travel sequence, or as a human-scale insert after a wider shot of ships in the locks.
Historical context: The Miraflores Locks, completed in 1913, have long let visitors watch ocean-going vessels at close range, and this reel dates the visit to before Braniff's May 1982 shutdown.
Research note: The man's face is identifiable and he is unnamed, so likeness releases may be needed; the VL funnel marking is a company mark, and copyright in the film is a separate matter from likeness.
Research search match: Super 8 Panama Canal tourist, Miraflores Locks 1970s home movie, cargo ship in canal lock, vintage Central America vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Teatro Nacional facade, JFK bust and Puerta del Diablo shots, then with other Panama City footage from circa 1978, then with other tourist-at-landmark clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Tourist in red polo shirt at Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, circa 1978, cargo ship with blue VL funnel behind — A visitor poses at the lock railing as a cargo ship sits in the chamber, Miraflores Locks, circa 1978.
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Man glancing aside at Panama Canal's Miraflores Locks, circa 1978, Super 8 frame with freighter derricks behind — The man glances to his side, a hand at his belt, with the vessel's masts and derricks rising behind.
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Visitor faces the camera at Miraflores Locks, Panama, circa 1978, with a freighter in the lock and yellow railings — Hands at his belt, the visitor looks toward the camera in front of the lock chamber.
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Spectator's head cuts across a tourist's face at Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, circa 1978, Super 8 home movie — Another visitor's head moves in front of the man's face as the shot ends.
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