San Diego California-1962: Steamer Ship Sailing On The Ocean

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

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Steamer Ship Sailing On The Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a large steamer ship navigating the ocean waters off San Diego, California. The footage, marked by the characteristic purple color cast and grain of Super 8 film, shows the vessel from a distance as it moves across the water. A smaller sailboat appears in the final frame, adding scale and context to the maritime scene. The clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century ocean transportation and coastal 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: 123684602

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s maritime, coastal California, ocean travel, and home-movie cutaways in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The distant steamer and small sailboat may show mid-century recreational and commercial traffic off San Diego, supported by the 1962 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot shoreline or boat-to-boat viewpoint, observing passing vessels without staged action or close identification.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open ocean, hazy horizon, a large steamer, a smaller sailboat, white sails, dark film borders, and handheld framing.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries purple color shift, soft focus, visible grain, dust marks, and slight handheld instability typical of home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief maritime insert, coastal transition, travel cutaway, or memory beat for San Diego-area ocean scenes.
Historical context: The footage documents distant ocean activity and recreational sailing in a coastal setting without showing identifiable passengers or shoreline landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but vessel identity and underlying copyright status should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 San Diego ocean footage, 8mm steamer at sea, vintage California sailboat, and mid-century maritime home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel San Diego footage, then other 1962 California coastal material, then broader vintage ocean travel or sailing scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego-area 8mm frame showing a distant steamer on open water with a smaller boat nearby. — A distant steamer moves across open ocean, with a smaller boat visible near the left edge.

Soft 8mm view of a large steamer moving across the ocean off San Diego in 1962. — The steamer appears farther across the frame, softened by haze and film grain.

A white sailboat passes in front of a distant steamer on San Diego-area ocean water in 1962 footage. — A small sailboat gives scale to the distant steamer on the horizon.

1962 8mm frame of a white sailboat on the ocean with a large steamer blurred in the background. — The sailboat crosses the foreground while the larger vessel remains distant in the haze.

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