San Diego California USA-1949: Big Ship Sailing While People Fish at Waterfront

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1949 California

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

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Big Ship Sailing While People Fish at Waterfront — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from San Diego, California, 1949, showing a large cargo ship with cranes and a smoking stack sailing in the harbor. In the foreground, people fish along a concrete waterfront, with one man actively casting a rod. Classic 1940s automobiles are parked nearby, and a tall metal tower stands on the right. The scene captures a nostalgic moment of daily life and maritime activity, with the film exhibiting natural grain and soft focus typical of home movie footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122719229

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.

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 1660 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1949
Reel-level location note: del mar, california,chicago
Date: 1949 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: San Diego, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing 1940s San Diego harbor home-movie footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences about waterfront life and maritime activity.
Period detail: The clip shows 1940s-era automobiles, fishing rods, a concrete waterfront, a metal tower, and a large cargo ship with cranes and a smoking stack.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged waterfront activity, with people fishing and watching the harbor as a ship passes in the background.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include anglers on the waterfront, a large ship, cargo cranes or masts, smoke from a stack, parked cars, a metal tower, calm harbor water, and soft haze.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight exposure haze, and a steady home-movie framing that preserves the period texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a harbor insert, waterfront cutaway, transition into San Diego material, or quiet memory beat around work, leisure, and shipping.
Historical context: The scene places everyday recreational fishing beside visible commercial harbor movement, suggesting a shared waterfront where leisure and shipping activity overlap.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while no readable logos or private interiors are apparent from these frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1949 San Diego harbor 8mm footage, waterfront fishing home movie, vintage cargo ship, 1940s California harbor, and people fishing by ships.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1949 San Diego waterfront clips, then broader 1940s harbor, fishing, ship, and coastal city material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 San Diego harbor view with anglers on a concrete waterfront, parked cars, a metal tower, and a large ship moving through haze. — Anglers line the waterfront while a large ship passes in the harbor.

San Diego waterfront scene with a man casting, other people nearby, a metal tower, parked cars, and a large ship in the hazy harbor. — A man casts from the waterfront as a ship moves behind him.

Hazy 1949 San Diego harbor footage showing people fishing from a concrete edge, with a ship, cranes, parked cars, and tower structure nearby. — People fish from the harbor edge beside parked cars and a metal tower.

Final frame of the 1949 San Diego harbor view, with a silhouetted angler, people along the edge, parked cars, tower structure, and ship offshore. — A silhouetted angler stands in the foreground with the harbor ship beyond.

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