San Diego California USA-1961: Coastal Homes And Boats From A Moving Boat

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

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Coastal Homes And Boats From A Moving Boat — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1961 showing a coastal view of San Diego, California. The clip captures a row of white beach houses and waterfront properties along the shoreline, with small boats visible in the water. The scene is shot from a moving boat, creating a gentle panning effect across the residential waterfront. The image has a distinct blue-purple color cast typical of aged film, with visible grain, scratches, and light leaks. The overall mood is nostalgic and serene, capturing a quiet moment of coastal life in mid-century America.

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: 120804873

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

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: 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 1960s documentary or educational requests needing brief San Diego coastal residential waterfront views from amateur 8mm travel footage.
Period detail: The waterfront houses, small moored boats, and soft color home-movie stock may show mid-century Southern California coastal leisure without identifying a specific landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a visitor-shot boat perspective, with the shoreline drifting laterally as the camera records the scene rather than staging it.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue water, a row of pale waterfront homes, small boats near the shore, low docks or seawalls, dark trees, open sky, and film-edge dirt and scratches.
Film character: The footage has aged 8mm texture with blue-purple color shift, soft focus, visible grain, dust, scratches, and slight handheld motion from the moving boat.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short coastal cutaway, travel-memory insert, geographic transition, or quiet establishing beat for mid-century San Diego.
Historical context: The scene documents a residential shoreline view and recreational boating context consistent with the supplied 1961 San Diego home-movie metadata.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or audible music are indicated, but visible waterfront residences and copyright status should still be reviewed separately from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1961 San Diego 8mm waterfront homes, vintage California coastal boat view, mid-century shoreline houses, or home movie boats on the bay.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 San Diego or Southern California coastal footage, then broader vintage boating and waterfront-residential themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 San Diego coastal waterfront view from a moving boat, showing pale houses, moored small boats, trees, and open sky across the water. — Waterfront homes and boats along the shoreline.

Soft 8mm frame of the San Diego shoreline in 1961, with white waterfront houses, a few small boats, trees, and aged-film scratches visible. — Shoreline houses pass by from the boat.

Aged 8mm view of San Diego waterfront homes and moored boats, with blue-purple color cast and handheld motion blur from the moving boat. — Blurred residential waterfront from the water.

Final 1961 San Diego coastal frame showing distant waterfront residences, small boats near the shore, open blue sky, and visible home-movie film wear. — Boats sit near the waterfront homes.

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