San Diego California USA-1949: Items Being Pulled Up Onto A Large Ship With Cranes

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

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Items Being Pulled Up Onto A Large Ship With Cranes — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1949 shows a large cargo ship docked in San Diego, California, with cranes and rigging visible against a hazy sky. The grainy, color-bleached film captures the industrial port atmosphere, with workers and equipment on the dock. A yellow title card stamped 'TOPSEY 56 '60' appears at the end, indicating the film's archival label. This authentic home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century maritime logistics and transportation history.

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: 122719655

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: Useful for 1940s editorial requests needing San Diego harbor, cargo ship, crane, or maritime logistics footage from an 8mm home-movie source.
Period detail: The large cargo vessel, dock cranes, rigging, small workboats, and faded 8mm color may show a mid-century commercial port setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the value of a visitor or bystander view, watching shipboard cargo activity from across the water rather than a staged industrial film setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large ship hull, deck structures, cranes or booms, rigging lines, small boats, harbor water, haze, and a yellow handwritten title card.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure fade, dust marks, and contact-print framing give the clip a distinctly physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short maritime insert, industrial transition, port cutaway, or memory beat within a sequence about shipping or San Diego harbor.
Historical context: The images place attention on cargo handling and waterfront infrastructure, with workers or small figures present but not individually readable.
Research note: People may be visible at a distance, so copyright, likeness, and location context should be reviewed separately before commercial or sensitive use.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1940s 8mm San Diego harbor cargo ship, vintage crane loading ship, mid-century port footage, and home movie maritime logistics.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other San Diego or 1949 harbor material, then broader cargo ship, crane, and port activity footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 San Diego harbor footage showing a large cargo ship with deck structures, crane booms, rigging, and small craft near the hull. — Large cargo ship and harbor equipment seen through soft 8mm color footage.

San Diego harbor view of a large cargo ship, crane rigging, and small workboats near the waterline in faded 8mm color. — Ship hull, rigging, and small harbor craft during dockside activity.

Large cargo vessel in San Diego harbor with visible cranes or booms, rigging, small craft, and aged 8mm film marks. — Cargo vessel and dockside rigging recorded from across the water.

Yellow archival title or label card with handwritten TOPSEY and 56 '60, appearing at the end of the 8mm clip. — Handwritten yellow title card or reel label reading TOPSEY and 56 '60.

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