San Diego California-1962: View Of The Arrival Of A Commercial Boat In A Busy

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

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View Of The Arrival Of A Commercial Boat In A Busy — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a large commercial cargo ship arriving at a bustling port in San Diego, California. A red and white tugboat assists the massive vessel as it moves through the blue water under a hazy, overcast sky. The footage, viewed through a dark frame, shows slight camera shake and the characteristic grain and color shifts of Super 8 film, with a person's head visible in the foreground. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century maritime activity 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: 123684625

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: 1960s San Diego harbor footage for edits needing maritime arrival, port activity, or mid-century coastal transportation atmosphere.
Period detail: The large cargo ship, assisting tugboat, and 8mm color palette may show early-1960s commercial harbor operations in San Diego.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels visitor-shot from shore or a nearby vessel, with a foreground head and handheld reframing preserving an unstaged observer perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white cargo ship, red-and-white tugboat, blue harbor water, hazy sky, distant shoreline, dark film-frame borders, and a foreground head.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color shift, handheld movement, gate edges, and contact-sheet framing that support its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a harbor insert, maritime transition, travel-memory cutaway, or brief establishing beat for San Diego port activity.
Historical context: The clip visually situates commercial shipping and tug assistance within a mid-century Southern California harbor setting without identifying a specific vessel or operator.
Research note: People are only incidentally visible in the foreground; copyright, vessel identification, likeness, and any property or trademark concerns should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 San Diego harbor 8mm, cargo ship arrival, tugboat assisting ship, vintage port footage, and home movie maritime scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel harbor or travel material, then San Diego 1962 footage, then broader 1960s port, cargo ship, tugboat, and coastal transportation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego harbor frame showing a white cargo ship approached by a red-and-white tugboat under a hazy sky. — Cargo ship and tugboat seen across the harbor through 8mm film borders.

1962 San Diego harbor view of a white commercial ship with a tugboat nearby and an incidental foreground head. — Broadside harbor view of the cargo ship with tug assistance nearby.

Soft 8mm frame from 1962 San Diego showing a white cargo ship moving through harbor water with a tugboat partly visible. — The cargo ship fills more of the frame as it moves across the harbor.

1962 San Diego harbor frame showing the cargo ship farther across the water, with tugboat at left and incidental foreground head. — Cargo ship continues across the harbor while the tugboat remains at the left edge.

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