San Diego California USA-1949: Big Empty Shipping Boat Sitting In Water At Port

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

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Big Empty Shipping Boat Sitting In Water At Port — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1949 captures a large, empty cargo ship docked at a bustling San Diego port. The grainy, color-bleached film shows the ship's white superstructure and towering rigging against a hazy sky, viewed through a wooden pier railing. A lone figure in period clothing walks the blue-painted dock, emphasizing the scale of the industrial vessel. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics with film grain, soft focus, and natural lighting, offering authentic archival material for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or period-specific projects.

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: 122719551

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 1940s San Diego harbor or West Coast maritime production requests needing real 8mm port footage with a docked cargo vessel.
Period detail: The blue dock railings, ship superstructure, rigging, pier pipes, and soft color 8mm stock may show late-1940s port infrastructure and working waterfront details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot or bystander perspective, with the camera lingering across the pier and a small walking figure giving scale to the vessel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a docked white ship, blue-painted pier railings, heavy pipes over water, rigging, cranes or masts, a hazy sky, and a lone person on the dock.
Film character: The footage has the soft focus, muted color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing typical of original 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a harbor establishing insert, maritime cutaway, industrial transition, or brief memory beat within a 1940s coastal sequence.
Historical context: The view suggests everyday harbor activity and maritime infrastructure rather than a staged event, with the vessel and dock equipment dominating the scene.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no readable brands appear, and copyright clearance remains separate from privacy or property concerns.
Research search match: Searches for 1949 San Diego port footage, 1940s cargo ship dock, vintage 8mm harbor scene, or home movie waterfront industrial vessel may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other San Diego 1949 waterfront material, then broader 1940s harbor, cargo ship, dock, and maritime transport footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 San Diego harbor footage showing a docked cargo ship beyond pier pipes, blue railings, and water in soft 8mm color. — A docked vessel sits beyond pier piping and blue railings at the harbor.

A white ship superstructure at the San Diego port appears behind blue dock railings, overhead rigging, and dark pier pipes. — The ship's superstructure and rigging rise above blue dock railings and harbor pipes.

A docked cargo ship in 1949 San Diego is seen from the pier, with blue railings, a distant walking figure, rigging, and harbor equipment. — A small figure on the dock gives scale to the moored ship and waterfront structures.

The final frame holds on the San Diego docked ship, with rigging, blue-painted railings, pier structures, and hazy waterfront background. — The camera holds on the moored ship, dock railings, and vertical rigging at the port.

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