San Francisco California USA-1957: View Of Blue Boat Docked At Pier And White Building

$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.

Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 San Francisco

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

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View Of Blue Boat Docked At Pier And White Building — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1957 in San Francisco, California, showing a teal and white fishing boat docked at a wooden pier. The clip captures the boat's cabin and rigging against calm blue water, with a white waterfront building visible in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight camera shake, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century maritime life. The scene is bright and sunny, with natural light reflecting off the water and the boat's painted surfaces.

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: 122655009

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1957 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s San Francisco waterfront requests needing brief home-movie views of small boats, piers, and marina buildings for documentary or museum context.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century pier architecture, wooden dock railings, small craft rigging, and painted boat cabins consistent with the 1957 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld framing feels like a visitor casually recording a docked boat and the waterfront building beyond, with no staged action or visible performers.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a teal-and-white boat cabin, masts and rigging, calm harbor water, wooden pier railings, a white waterfront building, windows, and sunny sky.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, mild color fading, visible grain, dark frame edges, and slight handheld drift that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime cutaway, San Francisco travel insert, harbor transition, or quiet memory beat between broader waterfront scenes.
Historical context: The views provide visual context for recreational or working waterfront activity in San Francisco, limited to boats, docks, and pier-side buildings visible in frame.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and any property-related use should still be reviewed for the intended project.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1957 San Francisco 8mm waterfront footage, vintage harbor home movie, docked boat at pier, marina building, and mid-century California waterfront.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1957 San Francisco waterfront material, then broader 1950s California harbor, boat, pier, or travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 San Francisco home-movie frame showing a teal-and-white docked boat cabin, rigging, pier edge, and blue harbor water. — Docked teal-and-white boat viewed from above beside a wooden pier.

1957 San Francisco waterfront view with a white pier-side building, dock railing, masts, and harbor water in the foreground. — White waterfront building across the pier with sailboat masts crossing the frame.

1957 San Francisco home-movie frame showing dock railings, a white waterfront structure, masts, windows, and harbor water. — Pier-side building and dock railings filmed from across the water.

1957 San Francisco waterfront frame with white pier buildings, dock railing, vertical masts, harbor water, and sunlit sky. — White pier buildings and railings seen through sailboat masts at the waterfront.

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