California USA-1961: A View Of The Santa Catalina Island Casino From A Boat

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 California

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A View Of The Santa Catalina Island Casino From A Boat — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1961 capturing a scenic view of the iconic Santa Catalina Island Casino in California. The clip shows the distinctive white, circular building with its red-tiled roof and arched colonnades, set against a backdrop of a rugged hillside and deep blue ocean. Boats are visible in the harbor, and the camera moves slightly, offering a dynamic perspective from a boat on the water. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, sun-drenched atmosphere typical of mid-century American vacation footage.

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: 120766475

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only 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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1740 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: indian pow wow
Reel-level year note: 1961-1966
Reel-level location note: san bernardino,california,slaton sea
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: 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: California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: 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.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s California 8mm travel footage suited to documentary or educational requests for visitor-shot views of Santa Catalina Island from the water.
Period detail: The white circular casino building, harbor boats, palm-lined waterfront and saturated 8mm color support a mid-century coastal vacation setting consistent with the supplied 1961 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged value of a passenger filming a landmark from a moving boat, with slight framing shifts as the vessel passes the waterfront.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Catalina Casino, rugged hillside, blue harbor water, small boats, a pier or breakwater, palm trees, and open sky.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, blue-magenta color shift, mild exposure variation, and handheld movement that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, harbor cutaway, or memory beat in a sequence about California island tourism.
Historical context: The view documents a leisure-oriented waterfront landmark and harbor scene as seen by a visitor rather than a formal architectural survey.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any property or landmark-use considerations for their project.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1961 Catalina Casino 8mm footage, Santa Catalina Island harbor from boat, California island vacation home movie, and mid-century coastal landmark view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1961 Santa Catalina Island material, then broader 1960s California harbor and vacation travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 8mm view of the Santa Catalina Island Casino in California from the water, with the white circular building framed against a dark hillside. — Catalina Casino seen from the harbor.

The Santa Catalina Island Casino appears across blue harbor water, with small boats in front and the rugged island slope behind the building. — Harbor approach to Catalina Casino.

The camera has shifted past the main building, leaving part of the Catalina Casino at the frame edge with palm trees, pier structures, and deep blue water visible. — Waterfront and palms near the casino.

A later frame looks away from the casino toward open blue water, with a low pier or breakwater, palm trees, and distant small boats under a clear sky. — Open harbor view beyond the casino.

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