San Diego California-1962: Port Police Boat Cruising Near Breakwater with Steamer in Distance

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

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Port Police Boat Cruising Near Breakwater with Steamer... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene maritime scene from San Diego, California. The footage opens with a distant view of a large cargo steamer on the horizon, its silhouette visible against a hazy purple sky. The scene transitions to a white port police boat cruising across calm blue waters, its name clearly visible. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, grainy texture, and a distinct color palette with faded blues and purples. A rocky breakwater lines the background, adding depth to the coastal setting. The handheld camera movement suggests a personal, nostalgic perspective, capturing a moment of quiet maritime activity from a bygone era.

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: 123684638

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: 1962 San Diego 8mm maritime footage suited for documentary inserts about harbor patrol, coastal transportation, or midcentury waterfront life.
Period detail: The white port police boat, distant steamer, breakwater, and faded 8mm color may show early 1960s harbor activity in San Diego.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot waterfront perspective, watching working boats pass from a calm shoreline or harbor vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm harbor water, a distant large vessel, a white port police boat, a low breakwater, hazy sky, and soft film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage has grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, purple-blue color shift, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a maritime cutaway, harbor transition, location-establishing insert, or quiet memory beat between coastal scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents everyday harbor movement rather than a staged event, with police and commercial vessels sharing the waterfront view.
Research note: The boat name and port police markings are visible, and any people aboard are indistinct, so trademark, agency, likeness, and editorial-use review may still be needed.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s San Diego harbor 8mm, port police boat, breakwater boat traffic, and vintage California waterfront footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1962 San Diego harbor scenes, then broader 1960s coastal patrol, boat, or maritime transportation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego harbor view with a distant large vessel beyond calm blue water and dark 8mm frame edges. — A large vessel sits far off across the harbor water.

White port police boat moves across San Diego harbor water near a low breakwater in 1962 home-movie footage. — A port police boat passes across calm harbor water.

A white port police boat passes close to frame left with a San Diego harbor breakwater in the background. — The port police boat crosses near the camera's field of view.

White port police boat cruising on calm San Diego harbor water with breakwater rocks behind it, filmed on 8mm in 1962. — The boat continues past the breakwater on calm water.

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