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Central Coast California USA-1973: Old Fisherman's Wharf and Marinas

  • Year1973
  • Decade1970s
  • LocationCoast, California, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
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Old Fisherman's Wharf and Marinas — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1973 capturing a serene marina on the Central Coast of California. The clip opens with a wide shot of numerous sailboats and yachts docked in calm waters, their masts creating a dense forest against a hazy purple sky. The scene transitions to a weathered wooden sign for the Old Fisherman's Wharf, detailing its history as Monterey's earliest stone pier built in 1846 and its role in the city's fishing industry. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and a distinct blue-purple color cast characteristic of 1970s home movies. This authentic archival footage is ideal for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects about California's coastal heritage.

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
120954813

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 1395 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label
honeymoon
Reel-level year note
1973
Reel-level location note
salt lake,utah,sf, california,monerey,lake tahoe
Date
1973 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Coast, California, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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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Topics & Keywords

  • water
  • boats
  • fishing
  • wharf
  • large
  • tourism
  • vacation
  • wild
  • fisherman
  • sports
  • recreation
  • central COAST california USA
  • 1973
  • 1973 vintage 8mm film
  • Central Coast California marina
  • Old Fisherman's Wharf sign
  • Super 8 home movie
  • 1970s home movie footage
  • vintage California coastal footage
  • archival 8mm film
  • 1970s nostalgia
  • fishing industry history
  • Monterey fishing wharf
  • vintage film grain
  • blue purple color cast
  • 1970s vacation footage
  • California tourism history
  • retro home movie
  • 8mm film footage
  • vintage documentary footage
  • 1970s California
  • old marina footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
This 1973 8mm clip supports archival requests for Central Coast California marina and wharf material for documentary inserts, travel-history sequences, or coastal memory scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Central Coast California 8mm frame showing a marina filled with docked sailboats and yachts, with vertical masts against a hazy blue-purple sky.
Docked sailboats fill a calm marina.

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