Acapulco bay viewed through dock scaffolding, 1962.
1962 · Acapulco, Mexico
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Woman in white dress on Acapulco waterfront, 1962 — Acapulco, 1962
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- 1962
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- Acapulco, Mexico
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- Still 4 · 4.60s into the source clip
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8mm home movie, Acapulco 1962: woman in white full-skirted dress mid-stride on waterfront pier, palm tree, scattered crowd, blue bay and hillside beyond.
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Waterfront pier at Acapulco with wooden motorboat and figure in white, 1962.
1962 · Acapulco, Mexico
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Crowded Acapulco waterfront seen through dock scaffolding, 1962.
1962 · Acapulco, Mexico
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Source footage and archive context
Acapulco Mexico-1962: Woman in White Dress Walking Along Waterfront by Wooden Boat
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Source format: 8mm.
Browse the collection: 1962 Acapulco Mexico.
Date documentation · estimated
Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location documentation · estimated
Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Source reel 1835
Reel label: pyramid,university city,$80000 house,floating gardens
Year note: 1962
Location note: dallas,mexico city
Period detail
The woman's full-skirted dress silhouette, wooden motorboat design, and paved waterfront setting are consistent with early-1960s resort tourism; year labeled 1962 in metadata.
Film character
Warm color saturation with gentle fading, visible grain, and slight sky overexposure give the footage its characteristic early-1960s home-movie look.
Historical context
Acapulco was a prominent international resort in the early 1960s; the large wooden scaffolding structure may be dock or boat-maintenance infrastructure of the era.
Research note
A woman's face is partially visible in at least one frame and crowd members appear throughout; likeness rights cannot be assumed cleared without identification; copyright rests with the original filmmaker.
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