California USA-1952: Coastal Harbor Town With Boats And Mountains

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Coastal Harbor Town With Boats And Mountains — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California, USA, in 1952, showing a coastal harbor scene with boats in the water and a town nestled against a mountainous backdrop. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and surface scratches, capturing a nostalgic, sun-drenched moment of mid-century seaside life. The camera appears to be handheld, offering a personal, observational view of the waterfront, with a small motorboat moving across the frame. This authentic archival clip evokes a sense of 1950s Americana and is ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 122621229

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 1234 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: miss universe
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1952 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: 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for 1950s California coastal harbor footage for documentary inserts, regional history programs, or period seaside atmosphere.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-century harbor town with small boats, waterfront buildings, steep hillsides, and roads seen from a visitor viewpoint.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a traveler pausing to film the harbor from behind a window or railing, recording scenery rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include harbor water, small boats, low waterfront buildings, steep coastal hills, winding roads, and dark vertical window or frame bars.
Film character: Soft 8mm color, faded blue-gray tones, visible grain, scratches, and handheld framing give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, transition, travel-memory beat, or coastal cutaway in a 1950s California sequence.
Historical context: The view documents leisure or travel observation of a California harbor landscape without enough detail to identify the specific town or landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright status and any property or location permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1952 California harbor home movie, 8mm coastal town boats, 1950s waterfront hills, and vintage seaside travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other California 1952 coastal scenes, then broader 1950s harbor, boat, and seaside travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California 8mm view of a coastal harbor town with boats on the water, pale buildings near shore, and hills in the background. — Boats move across a small harbor below a hillside coastal town.

Soft 8mm frame of a California coastal hillside rising over harbor water, with roads or terraces faintly visible. — A steep coastal hillside overlooks the harbor shoreline.

1952 California home-movie view of a hazy harbor hillside, with a possible road or terraced slope above the waterfront. — The camera lingers on a hazy hillside above the water.

Faded 8mm view of a California harbor shoreline with boats below a steep hillside and small waterfront buildings. — Small boats and buildings sit along the harbor below the hillside.

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