San Francisco California-1953: Rowboats Lined Up Beside Ship On A Bright Sunny Day

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

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Rowboats Lined Up Beside Ship On A Bright Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a fleet of rowboats lined up along the side of a large ship, likely a naval vessel, in San Francisco. The footage, bathed in a distinct blue tint, shows the boats secured to the ship's deck with visible rigging and railings. A few figures can be seen on the deck, suggesting activity aboard. The grainy texture and color saturation are characteristic of mid-century amateur film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into maritime life during the early 1950s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123343739

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 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

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 1950s San Francisco maritime archive requests needing home-movie views of small boats, ship decks, rigging, and waterfront activity.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century shipboard equipment, rowboats or lifeboats, railings, davits, and deck fittings consistent with early 1950s amateur footage.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the visitor-shot vantage from a nearby vessel or dock, observing working boats and a few deck figures without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rowboats, a large ship side, deck railings, davits, rigging lines, water, deck structures, and small human figures.
Film character: The 8mm image has blue color cast, visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a maritime cutaway, harbor transition, period insert, or brief memory beat around travel, waterfront, or shipboard scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for postwar-era leisure or harbor observation in San Francisco without proving a specific vessel, agency, or event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still apply, while copyright, vessel identification, and property issues require separate clearance checks.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s 8mm San Francisco harbor footage, rowboats beside ship, vintage maritime home movie, and deck rigging cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other San Francisco 1952 maritime views, then broader 1950s harbor, ship, and small-boat footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1950s San Francisco home-movie view of rowboats or lifeboats secured beside a large ship, with rigging and water visible. — Rowboats sit alongside a larger ship in blue-tinted 8mm footage.

Blue-tinted 1950s San Francisco footage shows a small boat beside a large vessel with deck fittings and rigging lines. — A small boat is secured close to the ship's side.

1950s San Francisco home-movie frame of a ship's deck structure, rigging, water, and distant people on or near the deck. — Deck structures and rigging fill the frame with water behind.

Blue-cast 1950s San Francisco footage shows the side of a large ship with rigging, railings, water, and distant deck figures. — The camera frames the ship side, rigging, and distant figures near the lower edge.

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