San Diego California-1962: Port Police Boat On The Water

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

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Port Police Boat On The Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a white Port Police boat cruising on calm blue waters near a breakwater in San Diego, California. The footage, with its characteristic film grain and color saturation, shows the boat moving steadily across the frame before the camera pans to a distant view of ships on the horizon. The scene evokes a nostalgic, mid-century maritime atmosphere, perfect for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123684635

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 8mm footage for requests needing harbor patrol, port authority, or coastal waterway cutaways in documentary and editorial edits.
Period detail: The small white cabin boat, breakwater, saturated color, and 8mm home-movie texture support a mid-century harbor scene dated by metadata to 1962.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot shoreline viewpoint, following a working harbor boat briefly before turning toward distant vessels and waterfront activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white Port Police boat, calm blue water, a low breakwater, distant ships or industrial structures, horizon haze, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, blue-magenta color shift, mild exposure variation, and handheld framing that give the scan a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short maritime insert, harbor transition, police-service cutaway, or memory beat between broader San Diego waterfront scenes.
Historical context: The imagery places official-looking harbor patrol activity within a recreational or working waterfront setting without proving a specific incident or event.
Research note: Review visible Port Police lettering, possible official insignia, and any people flagged in the source for likeness, trademark, and agency-identification considerations.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 San Diego harbor home movie, 8mm Port Police boat, California breakwater footage, and vintage coastal patrol boat.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1962 San Diego waterfront material, then with harbor patrol, boats, breakwaters, and coastal traffic themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing a white Port Police cabin boat on calm harbor water with a breakwater behind it. — A white Port Police boat passes across calm water near a breakwater.

1962 San Diego harbor view with the Port Police boat partly across frame, backed by a low breakwater and distant waterfront shapes. — The Port Police boat continues past the camera along the harbor water.

1962 San Diego 8mm frame looking over blue harbor water toward distant ships or waterfront industrial structures on the horizon. — The camera turns from the boat toward distant waterfront activity across the water.

1962 San Diego harbor frame showing rippled blue water and distant bright ships or industrial structures through soft 8mm exposure. — A distant harbor view closes the clip with water and waterfront shapes on the horizon.

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