San Diego California USA-1949: Couple Fishing on Pier with Naval Ship in Background

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

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Couple Fishing on Pier with Naval Ship in Background — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from San Diego, California, 1949, showing a man and woman standing on a pier, fishing with rods. In the background, a large naval warship marked with the number 797 sails on the calm sea under an overcast sky. The couple, dressed in period attire, appears focused on their fishing. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural wear, capturing a nostalgic moment of mid-century American leisure. The final frames shift to a close-up of a car's chrome trim, suggesting a transition to a vehicle scene.

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: 122719441

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: 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: 1940s San Diego home-movie footage for requests needing civilian leisure with U.S. naval harbor activity in the same shot.
Period detail: Period clothing, fishing rods, soft color 8mm stock, and a naval vessel marked 797 support a late-1940s waterfront setting.
Home-movie behavior: The couple appears casually absorbed in fishing while the camera records from a nearby pier or waterfront position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man and woman, fishing rods, open water, overcast sky, a naval ship, pier edge, car chrome trim, and film gate borders.
Film character: The clip has muted color, soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, dust, and edge marks typical of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief harbor insert, civilian wartime-to-postwar memory beat, or transition from waterfront activity to a car scene.
Historical context: The footage places ordinary recreational fishing against a naval harbor backdrop, suggesting everyday life beside military maritime presence.
Research note: People and a military vessel are visible, so likeness, vessel identification, and copyright status should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1940s San Diego pier fishing, 8mm home movie naval ship harbor, couple fishing with warship, and vintage California waterfront.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel car or waterfront shots, then San Diego 1949 material, then broader mid-century fishing, harbor, or naval-background scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1949 San Diego footage, a man and woman stand with fishing rods near the water as a naval ship passes in the distance. — Couple fishing from the waterfront with a naval vessel offshore.

A man and woman fish along the San Diego waterfront while a distant naval vessel marked 797 is visible across the water. — Fishing couple with naval ship number 797 in the background.

The footage shifts to a close-up of a car body panel with curved chrome trim, seen through soft 8mm color and film wear. — Close-up detail of curved car trim after the waterfront shot.

A close-up of a mid-century car detail shows curved chrome trim and bodywork, continuing the home-movie transition from the pier scene. — Car body detail with chrome trim in the final frame.

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