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San Diego Naval Base-1981: Warship At Docks

  • Year1981
  • Decade1980s
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
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Warship At Docks — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1981 shows a U.S. Navy warship, hull number 996, docked at the San Diego Naval Base. The grainy, monochrome film captures the massive vessel from multiple angles as it rests in calm water, with a small motorboat passing by. The ship's radar arrays and superstructure are visible against a backdrop of shoreline buildings and trees. The footage exhibits classic home movie characteristics with film grain, slight motion blur, and natural lighting, offering a nostalgic glimpse into Cold War-era naval operations.

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
120918085

Rights & Clearance

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 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

  • ship
  • navy
  • war
  • history
  • ocean
  • fighting
  • machinery
  • weaponry
  • large
  • destruction
  • battle
  • docks
  • technology
  • SAN diego naval base
  • 1981
  • 1981 naval base footage
  • San Diego Navy ship
  • U.S. warship 996
  • vintage 8mm military film
  • Cold War naval history
  • 8mm warship footage
  • naval dockside scene
  • military vessel 1980s
  • archival navy footage
  • home movie warship
  • 8mm film grain
  • military technology 1981
  • naval operations 1980s
  • vintage military documentary
  • historical naval footage
  • classic 8mm film
  • retro military clip
  • old navy footage
  • 1980s home movie
  • San Diego naval history

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Archival home-movie footage suited to requests for early 1980s U.S. Navy dockside material, Cold War-era military infrastructure, or editorial cutaways of a warship at harbor.

Still Frames From This Clip

Grainy 8mm frame of a large U.S. Navy warship at dock, viewed from across calm water in footage supplied as 1981 naval-base material.
Warship viewed across harbor water.

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