San Diego California USA-1949: A Couple Fishing On Shore As A Big Warship Approaches

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

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A Couple Fishing On Shore As A Big Warship Approaches — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1949 in San Diego, California, showing a couple fishing on the shoreline. A man in light-colored clothing and a woman in a dark dress stand together, holding fishing rods. In the background, a large naval warship with the number 797 visible on its hull approaches the harbor. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural camera shake, capturing a nostalgic moment of post-war Americana and family leisure by the water.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122719414

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: Supports requests for late-1940s San Diego home-movie footage of shoreline leisure with a U.S. Navy warship visible in harbor background.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color stock, fishing rods, and hull number 797 on the naval vessel align with a postwar 1949 San Diego waterfront scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie view of a couple quietly fishing while the camera holds the passing warship in the background.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a shoreline couple, fishing rods, open harbor water, a large gray warship, hull number 797, hazy sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, gate edges, and gentle handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, waterfront cutaway, postwar memory beat, or transition between civilian leisure and naval harbor activity.
Historical context: The scene places everyday shoreline recreation beside a visible military presence, suggesting how naval activity formed part of the San Diego waterfront view.
Research note: People and a military-marked vessel are visible, so copyright, likeness, and hull-number identification should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1949 San Diego fishing home movie, 8mm harbor warship, couple on shore, and postwar California waterfront footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1949 San Diego waterfront material, then broader fishing, harbor, or naval-background scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 San Diego home-movie frame showing a couple with fishing rods on shore as a gray warship approaches in the background. — A couple fishes from the shoreline while a naval vessel passes across the harbor.

1949 San Diego frame with a man and woman fishing near the water while a gray naval ship marked 797 is visible behind them. — The couple remains near the shore as the warship draws farther into view.

San Diego 1949 home-movie frame showing shoreline fishing in the foreground and a large naval vessel across the harbor. — Fishing rods angle across the frame as the naval vessel passes in soft focus.

Late-1940s San Diego harbor frame with a couple fishing from shore and a gray naval warship marked 797 in the distance. — The warship sits prominently behind the couple fishing along the waterfront.

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