United States-1966: Man in Red Cap Climbing Down a Coconut Palm Beside a Bicycle

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1966 · United States · Reel 48a773e8 contains 5 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

tree climbing
coconut gathering
tropical living
outdoor leisure
everyday labour
mid-century home life

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · tilt · eye level, tilting slightly down
Setting: outdoor · Shaded grassy lawn under coconut palms beside a paved path
Time and weather: daytime · sunny
Lighting: Bright sunlight with dappled shade from palm fronds
People: 1 · One adult man seen from behind, wearing a red cap, light blue striped T-shirt and dark trousers.
Vehicles: bicycle
Objects: coconut palm trunk · palm fronds · bicycle · paved path
Colors: deep green · light blue · navy · red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The man grips the trunk high up, back to the camera.
He works his way down, arms hugging the bark.
A bicycle at the base of the tree comes into view.
He nears the ground beside the bicycle on the shaded lawn.

Man in Red Cap Climbing Down a Coconut Palm Beside a Bicycle — Clip Details

Probably in a tropical part of the United States, circa 1966, home movie footage shows a man in a red cap, striped light blue T-shirt and dark trousers climbing down the trunk of a coconut palm. He descends with his back to the camera, hugging the trunk until his feet near a bicycle parked at its base on a shaded lawn. A paved path and more palms fill the background. The handheld camera tilts down to follow him, with some motion blur.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorHandheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001336

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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: 1966 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: United States 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 a documentary or museum producer needing circa 1966 colour home-movie footage of everyday tropical outdoor life in a warm part of the United States.
Period detail: The colour stock and the bicycle at the base of the tree may show the mid-1960s, though nothing in this shot carries a date.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged moment of a man casually shinning down a palm trunk, filmed by someone standing on the lawn who simply followed him down.
What appears in frame: A man in a red cap and striped T-shirt hugging a palm trunk, fronds hanging across the foreground, a bicycle at the base, a sunlit lawn, a paved path and a row of palms behind.
Film character: Saturated greens and blues, soft focus, visible grain, motion blur on the climber and darkened projection corners give it a warm small-gauge texture.
Edit role: Works as an active cutaway or opening beat before coconut-husking shots, or as a short memory beat in a tropical montage.
Historical context: It shows a casual, self-sufficient way of gathering coconuts from a yard tree, recorded as ordinary family leisure rather than work.
Research note: The man faces away and is not identified; the film copyright, his likeness and the unnamed property are separate matters, so licensees should assess each for their use.
Research search match: man climbing coconut palm vintage, 1960s home movie tropical yard, small gauge film palm tree climb, retro footage coconut gathering
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with this reel's machete husking and coconut-drinking shots, then with its indoor sandwich scenes, and finally with other mid-1960s footage of warm-climate yards.

Still Frames From This Clip

Man high on a coconut palm trunk, back to camera, likely in a tropical part of the United States, circa 1966 — A man grips the trunk of a coconut palm as he begins climbing down.
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Circa 1966 home movie still of a man hugging a palm trunk mid-descent on a tropical US lawn — Arms wrapped around the trunk, he works his way down.
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Man in red cap nearing the ground on a coconut palm beside a bicycle, likely tropical United States, circa 1966 — Lower down the trunk, a bicycle comes into view at the base of the tree.
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Man in red cap reaching the lawn by a bicycle under coconut palms, tropical United States, circa 1966 — Almost on the ground, he steps down beside the bicycle parked under the palm.
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