San Francisco California-1952: Small Boat Entering Dock On Still Waters In The

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1952 San Francisco California

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Small Boat Entering Dock On Still Waters In The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil marina in San Francisco, California. Small boats rest peacefully in still waters, their masts and hulls reflected in the calm surface. The scene is framed by a dark border, typical of Super 8 film, with a soft blue tint and visible grain. Boats of various sizes are docked along piers, with buildings and utility poles in the background under a pale sky. The quiet, nostalgic atmosphere evokes mid-century Americana and maritime life.

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: 123341212

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1234 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: miss universe
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1952 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 Francisco, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s San Francisco marina footage for documentary inserts, maritime cutaways, urban waterfront context, or mid-century home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The scene may show mid-century working or recreational waterfront details, including small boats, dock pilings, utility poles, low buildings, and a quiet marina setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged visitor or family-camera view, holding on a calm harbor scene rather than composing a formal travelogue shot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include moored small boats, a boat moving near the dock, mast reflections on still water, pier structures, utility poles, low waterfront buildings, and pale sky.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, blue-biased color, visible grain, rounded dark frame edges, and slight exposure variation consistent with home-movie scanning from physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet waterfront insert, a transition into San Francisco harbor material, or a reflective memory beat in a 1950s sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents ordinary marina activity and small-boat waterfront infrastructure in a period home-movie view without making a specific claim about the harbor facility.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location permissions, and any vessel or property identification should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1952 8mm San Francisco marina, 1950s small boats at dock, vintage home movie harbor, calm water boat reflections, and California waterfront footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other San Francisco or 1952 waterfront material, then broader 1950s marina, boating, or coastal travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 San Francisco marina view with small boats, masts, dock pilings, and calm water reflections in an 8mm home-movie frame. — Small boats rest along a quiet marina with masts reflected in still water.

San Francisco marina scene from 1952 showing moored boats, dock edges, upright masts, and soft reflections on calm water. — Moored boats and dock edges frame a calm marina channel.

Blue-toned 8mm frame of a 1952 San Francisco marina, with a small boat near the dock and masts mirrored in still water. — A small boat sits near the dock as mast reflections stretch across the water.

1952 San Francisco waterfront frame showing a small boat near docked vessels, with pilings, masts, and calm reflective water. — A small boat moves near docked vessels in a quiet marina setting.

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