San Diego California-1962: Cargo Ship Travels Ocean With Tugboat

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

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Cargo Ship Travels Ocean With Tugboat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a large cargo ship navigating the ocean, accompanied by a smaller tugboat. The footage, likely filmed from a nearby vessel, shows the ships moving through calm waters under a hazy, purplish sky. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film evokes a strong sense of nostalgia, with the large ship dominating the frame as it travels across the water. This archival clip offers a glimpse into mid-century maritime transportation and ocean travel.

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: 123684604

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for 1960s San Diego maritime transportation, cargo shipping, tugboat assistance, or ocean harbor movement for documentary inserts and educational edits.
Period detail: The visible cargo vessel, tugboat, open water, and faded 8mm color may show mid-century harbor traffic off San Diego in 1962.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a brief visitor-shot or passenger-shot view, watching a large working ship pass across calm water from a nearby vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large cargo ship, a small tugboat, open ocean, hazy horizon, pale sky, wake trails, and rounded 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, purple-blue color shift, visible grain, minor gate marks, and gentle handheld instability typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a maritime cutaway, harbor travel insert, transition into shipping context, or short memory beat for coastal transportation.
Historical context: The scene visually documents a cargo ship moving with tugboat support, offering context for ocean transport and harbor approaches without identifying the vessel.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable markings are visible, but copyright, vessel identity, and location-specific permissions should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1962 San Diego cargo ship, 8mm tugboat ocean footage, vintage harbor traffic, and mid-century maritime home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1962 San Diego coastal footage, then broader vintage cargo ship, tugboat, harbor, and ocean transportation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing a large cargo ship at sea with a small tugboat to the left and a hazy horizon. — A cargo ship moves across calm water with a tugboat nearby.

1962 San Diego 8mm frame with a cargo ship on the ocean, a tugboat ahead to the left, and a pale hazy sky. — The tugboat leads near the cargo ship as both vessels cross open water.

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing a side view of a cargo ship with deck structures and a tugboat on calm water. — A side view reveals the cargo ship's deck structures as the tugboat stays off to the left.

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing the cargo ship farther along on open water beneath a faded hazy sky. — The cargo ship continues through haze, with the ocean surface filling the foreground.

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