San Diego California-1962: Large Beach Shipping Boat Just Offshore

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 California

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Large Beach Shipping Boat Just Offshore — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene beach scene in San Diego, California. The footage shows gentle waves lapping onto the sand under a hazy sky, with a large ship visible just offshore. Two figures walk along the shoreline in the distance, silhouetted against the water. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, color fading, and visible grain, with a distinct purple tint and film damage including scratches and dust. This authentic archival clip evokes mid-century Americana and coastal nostalgia.

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: 123684597

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 1236 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: disneyland
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1962 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 1960s coastal California documentary edits needing home-movie beach atmosphere with a large offshore vessel and distant shoreline walkers.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, soft focus, and metadata-supported 1962 San Diego setting place the scene in an early 1960s recreational beach context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the surf and horizon from a visitor's beach perspective, with distant walkers adding unstaged human scale.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include sandy beach, rolling surf, hazy ocean horizon, a large offshore ship, distant walkers, bluff or hillside forms, and aged film borders.
Film character: The clip has a handheld 8mm look with grain, color fading, purple-blue cast, soft exposure, dust, scratches, and frame-edge vignetting.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a coastal insert, memory beat, travel transition, or contextual cutaway for mid-century San Diego shoreline material.
Historical context: The footage records everyday beach observation rather than a documented event, showing leisure shoreline space and maritime traffic in the distance.
Research note: People are visible only as distant figures, but likeness review may still be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 8mm San Diego beach footage, vintage California surf, offshore ship home movie, and mid-century coastal shoreline scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then 1962 San Diego or California coast footage, then broader beach, surf, and offshore vessel themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing a large offshore ship through haze, with a soft purple cast and visible film wear. — Large vessel sits offshore beyond a hazy beach horizon.

1962 San Diego beach view with gentle surf along pale sand under a hazy sky, seen in faded 8mm color. — Surf rolls along the sandy shoreline under a hazy sky.

1962 San Diego 8mm beach frame showing surf, sand, distant hillside silhouettes, and two small walkers near the shoreline. — Two distant figures walk near the surf below a shadowed shoreline.

Faded 1962 San Diego beach view with foamy surf, textured sand, and two distant walkers along the waterline. — Distant walkers pass along the waterline as surf reaches the sand.

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