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San Diego Naval Base-1981: Sailor Throws Object Into Ocean From Ship Deck

  • Year1981
  • Decade1980s
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
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Sailor Throws Object Into Ocean From Ship Deck — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1981 at the San Diego Naval Base shows a man in a dark uniform on a ship's deck, leaning over the railing and tossing an object into the ocean. The grainy, color-bleached film captures the calm sea under overcast skies, with the man's deliberate motion and the ship's railings visible. The footage has a nostalgic, documentary feel, with natural lighting and authentic maritime details, offering a candid glimpse of naval life during the early 1980s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
120917265

Rights & Clearance

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 record not linked for this clip
Date
1981 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Not recorded Unidentified (Insufficient evidence for a responsible conclusion.)
Location evidence
No location is recorded for this clip.
Licensing route
Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Topics & Keywords

  • water
  • ocean
  • ship
  • man
  • traveling
  • cigarette
  • mop
  • moving
  • walking
  • throws
  • hangs
  • mops
  • people
  • SAN diego naval base
  • 1981
  • 1981 naval footage
  • sailor throwing object
  • vintage 8mm film
  • 8mm archival footage
  • maritime life 1980s
  • man on ship deck
  • ocean view
  • naval base
  • vintage home movie
  • retro military footage
  • 1980s nostalgia
  • grainy film
  • ocean tossing
  • ship railing
  • old film footage
  • historical naval scene
  • documentary style
  • 8mm film
  • archival naval footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Archival home-movie footage from the early 1980s that can support documentary requests for naval shipboard life, maritime work routines, or quiet ocean-deck cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adult man in a dark uniform appears on a ship deck near railings, with calm ocean water and a hazy horizon visible in grainy 8mm footage.
Man leaning near the ship rail at sea.

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