San Diego California USA-1961: Fishing Boat And Crew Heading Out To The Open Ocean

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

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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Fishing Boat And Crew Heading Out To The Open Ocean — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1961 showing a fishing boat and crew navigating through San Diego harbor at dusk. The clip captures a white commercial fishing vessel with a brown cabin moving through calm waters, surrounded by other boats and a distant shoreline. The scene has a distinct blue-purple color cast typical of aged film, with visible grain and slight motion blur. The boat creates a gentle wake as it heads toward the open ocean, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century maritime life in Southern California.

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: 120804844

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 harbor clip helps solve requests for early-1960s Southern California maritime, fishing industry, harbor departure, and home-movie insert footage for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The small working fishing boats, low harbor shoreline, and 8mm color home-movie rendering may show mid-century recreational or commercial waterfront activity in San Diego.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the unstaged value of a shore- or boat-level observer watching a fishing vessel move through calm harbor water among moored boats.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white fishing boat with a brown cabin, crew figures on deck, clustered harbor boats, calm blue water, faint wakes, a low distant shoreline, and hazy hills beyond the harbor.
Film character: The clip carries aged 8mm color texture with blue-purple cast, soft focus, visible grain, light exposure variation, and mild handheld blur across the boat movement.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing cutaway, maritime transition, harbor departure insert, or memory beat for 1960s coastal life.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for everyday harbor traffic and fishing-vessel activity in San Diego without identifying a specific vessel, company, dock, or event.
Research note: Human figures appear on the vessel but faces are not clearly identifiable, and clearance review should distinguish copyright status from any likeness or vessel/property considerations.
Research search match: Useful researcher search phrases include 1961 San Diego harbor fishing boat, 8mm California fishing vessel, vintage home movie harbor boats, and 1960s Southern California maritime footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with San Diego or 1961 waterfront material, and then with broader fishing boat, harbor, or coastal industry footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 San Diego harbor view with a small fishing boat in the foreground, other boats scattered across calm water, and a hazy shoreline beyond. — Fishing boats in San Diego harbor.

White fishing vessel with a brown cabin moves through San Diego harbor in 1961, surrounded by moored boats and a distant waterfront. — Fishing vessel moving through the harbor.

A small fishing boat passes through San Diego harbor water, with clustered vessels, a faint wake, and hazy hills visible in the background. — Boat passing among harbor craft.

Fishing boat with small crew figures visible on deck heads through San Diego harbor in 1961, with other boats and the waterfront behind it. — Crewed fishing boat heading out.

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