San Diego California USA-1949: People Fishing by Sea with Ship in Background

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

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People Fishing by Sea with Ship in Background — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from San Diego, California, 1949, showing a man fishing from a rocky shoreline with a large cargo ship docked nearby. The grainy, monochrome film captures a nostalgic moment of everyday life, with people relaxing on the pier and a classic 1940s automobile parked nearby. The scene is framed by a tall metal structure, likely a crane or tower, under a hazy sky, evoking a sense of mid-century Americana and maritime activity.

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: 122719257

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s San Diego waterfront home-movie footage for productions needing everyday fishing, harbor leisure, or maritime atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century clothing, an older rounded automobile, a metal waterfront tower, and a large docked ship under hazy light.
Home-movie behavior: The value is casual, unstaged shoreline activity, with people fishing and sitting while the camera observes from a home-movie distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include anglers on a rocky edge, seated bystanders, calm water, a large ship, a metal tower, a parked car, and a hazy sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, muted contrast, slight exposure variation, and a handheld home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief cutaway, memory beat, waterfront transition, or insert for mid-century coastal leisure and harbor life.
Historical context: The scene places ordinary recreation next to working waterfront infrastructure, suggesting everyday public use of a harbor edge.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from depiction rights.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1940s San Diego fishing footage, 8mm harbor home movie, vintage shoreline anglers, and cargo ship background.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel waterfront scenes, then San Diego 1949 material, then broader 1940s fishing, harbor, and maritime leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 San Diego home-movie frame showing a man fishing beside calm water with people seated near a docked ship and tower. — A shoreline angler casts near seated bystanders, with a large ship and metal tower in the background.

1949 San Diego waterfront frame with an angler in the foreground, bystanders on the edge, a parked car, and a docked ship. — People gather along the waterfront while a man fishes in front of a large ship.

1949 San Diego home-movie frame of a shoreline fishing scene with seated people, harbor structure, parked car, and ship. — The camera holds on the fishing spot, with harbor infrastructure and a ship behind the people.

1949 San Diego harbor frame showing people on the shoreline, a fishing line over the water, a metal tower, and a large ship. — A fishing line arcs over the water as people remain near the tower and ship at the harbor edge.

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