San Diego California USA-1961: Beach Houses And Boats

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

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Beach Houses And Boats — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1961 capturing a sun-drenched marina in San Diego, California. The clip opens on white Spanish-style beach houses with terracotta roofs and balconies, then pans to reveal a bustling harbor filled with classic motorboats and sailboats. The film exhibits characteristic 8mm grain, faded color saturation, and a nostalgic, slightly blurry quality. The scene evokes mid-century coastal leisure with a strong sense of retro Americana and vintage California lifestyle.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120804794

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: San Diego, 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: This 1961 San Diego 8mm clip can support archival requests for mid-century Southern California coastal housing, marina leisure, and establishing material for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The Spanish-style stucco buildings, terracotta rooflines, balconies, classic motorboats, and sailboat masts may show early-1960s coastal recreation and residential marina design.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, moving from waterfront houses to moored boats without staged action or formal coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white stucco beach houses, tiled roofs, balconies, windows, trees, a marina basin, sailboat masts, and small motorboats.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, soft focus, faded color, slight handheld instability, and uneven exposure that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, marina cutaway, coastal transition, or memory beat for 1960s California leisure.
Historical context: The clip visually places domestic waterfront architecture beside recreational boating, suggesting a mid-century coastal leisure setting without identifying a specific neighborhood or event.
Research note: People appear only incidentally and are not clearly identifiable in the stills, while copyright, likeness, and any property-related permissions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Likely researcher searches include 1961 San Diego 8mm marina footage, vintage California beach houses, mid-century harbor boats, and home movie coastal leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 San Diego waterfront material, then broader California marina, beach house, and recreational boating footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 San Diego home-movie frame showing white Spanish-style waterfront houses with terracotta rooflines, balconies, windows, and dark trees behind them. — Waterfront houses with tiled roofs and balconies.

1961 San Diego frame with white stucco beach houses, small balconies, shuttered windows, tiled roof edges, and trees visible in the background. — Spanish-style waterfront houses in soft 8mm focus.

1961 San Diego marina view with sailboat masts, small motorboats, cabin boats, dock structures, and a hazy shoreline beyond the harbor. — Moored boats and sailboat masts at the marina.

1961 San Diego harbor frame showing moored boats, tall masts, dockside structures, and small incidental people near the lower center of the frame. — Boats and incidental dockside figures in the harbor.

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