San Diego California USA-1961: Bay Of Boats

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

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Bay Of Boats — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1961 capturing a bustling marina in San Diego, California. The clip shows numerous sailboats and motorboats docked closely together, their masts rising against a deep blue twilight sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, with a warm, nostalgic glow. Boats feature white hulls, blue and yellow accents, and wooden trim. A few indistinct figures appear on decks, suggesting quiet evening activity. The scene evokes mid-century Americana and maritime leisure, with a calm, reflective mood.

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: 120804805

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: Useful for archival requests needing early-1960s San Diego marina footage as an establishing insert, maritime cutaway, or period leisure context.
Period detail: The closely packed small craft, tall sailboat masts, painted cabin cruisers, and soft 8mm color may show mid-century recreational boating culture in Southern California.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged visitor-shot feel, observing docked boats and a few indistinct people from across the water rather than staging an activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rows of sailboat masts, white motorboats with colored canvas tops, dock pilings, calm marina water, distant low buildings, and a deep blue sky.
Film character: The scan carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, handheld drift, uneven exposure, and slight color shift that give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short marina insert, location transition, waterfront cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a travel, leisure, or regional history sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually situates small-boat recreation and marina infrastructure in a coastal California setting without identifying a specific harbor facility or event.
Research note: People appear only as small indistinct figures, but likeness review may still be appropriate, and copyright clearance is separate from any location or property considerations.
Research search match: Likely researcher matches include 1960s San Diego marina home movie, 8mm California boats, vintage harbor sailboats, and mid-century recreational boating footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other San Diego or 1961 waterfront footage, then broader 1960s marina and leisure boating scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 San Diego home-movie frame showing a marina with white cabin boats, tall sailboat masts, dock structures, and a few small indistinct people near the boats. — Docked boats and masts fill the marina view.

1961 San Diego marina view with white motorboats, colored canvas covers, dense sailboat masts, dock pilings, and low shoreline buildings in the distance. — Moored boats cluster along the marina docks.

1961 San Diego home-movie frame centered on a white cabin boat with a yellow cover, with marina water, masts, other boats, and distant dockside buildings behind it. — A covered cabin boat sits among crowded marina slips.

1961 San Diego marina frame showing docked cabin boats, vertical sailboat masts, low background buildings, calm water, and a small indistinct person near a boat at the right. — Boats and masts line the waterfront slips.

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