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San Diego Naval Base-1981: Ship Strolling Through Open Ocean Waters

  • Year1981
  • Decade1980s
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
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Ship Strolling Through Open Ocean Waters — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1981 showing a ship cruising through open ocean waters at the San Diego Naval Base. The grainy, color-bleached film captures the deck and side of the vessel with a person strolling along the railing. The camera remains steady, offering a side view of the ship's movement through the water, with visible wake and gentle waves. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics including dust specks, slight color fading, and natural film grain, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of mid-20th century naval life.

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
120917392

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

  • ocean
  • boat
  • ship
  • pure
  • true story
  • hard work
  • antique
  • camera
  • military
  • great
  • strolling
  • water
  • transportation
  • SAN diego naval base
  • 1981
  • 1981 naval footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Super 8 home movie
  • ship at sea
  • military vessel
  • ocean travel
  • archival naval footage
  • 1980s home movie
  • strolling on deck
  • grainy film
  • color-bleached footage
  • naval history
  • retro military film
  • vintage ocean footage
  • 8mm film grain
  • documentary footage
  • old film footage
  • military ship
  • 1980s nostalgia

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Archival 1980s 8mm footage for productions needing a brief shipboard ocean-travel view with visible naval or military vessel context and home-movie texture.

Still Frames From This Clip

Color-faded 8mm frame looking past the side of a vessel toward open ocean, with deck railings and ship fittings along the right edge.
Ship side and open water from a deck view.

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