San Diego California-1962: Men Fishing from a Pier

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

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Men Fishing from a Pier — Clip Details

A group of men fish from a wooden pier in San Diego, California, in 1962. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures several men in light-colored shirts and hats leaning over the railing, casting long fishing rods into the deep blue water. The vibrant, slightly faded colors and visible film grain give the clip a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel. The scene conveys a quiet, communal moment of leisure by the sea.

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: 123684668

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 home-movie footage for requests needing coastal leisure, pier fishing, or everyday recreational life in Southern California.
Period detail: The light shirts, caps, long rods, wooden pier railings, and 8mm color stock support a 1962 seaside recreation setting without identifying a specific pier.
Home-movie behavior: The scene preserves an unstaged group activity as men lean over the railing, cast lines, and watch the water from a visitor-shot perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men along a pier, long fishing rods, railings, blue water, hats, light shirts, a small floating object, and dense 8mm grain.
Film character: The clip has saturated blue water, mild fading, visible grain, gate edges, and slight handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for coastal leisure, community recreation, or vintage California sequences.
Historical context: The footage shows casual male leisure on a San Diego pier, offering social texture around fishing and waterfront recreation in the early 1960s.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed even though no logos, music, or private property are apparent.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1962 San Diego pier fishing, 8mm home movie fishing, vintage California waterfront, and 1960s men fishing from pier.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel San Diego waterfront shots, then other 1962 San Diego material, then broader 1960s pier fishing or seaside leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Several men fish from a San Diego pier in 1962, leaning over railings with long rods above blue water. — Men line the pier railing with fishing rods extended over the water.

Men in light shirts and caps fish from a San Diego pier, with rods reaching out across the water. — Fishing rods extend from the pier as the group watches the water below.

A closer 8mm view shows men gathered along the San Diego pier railing with rods angled toward the water. — The anglers cluster at the railing, following lines and floats in the water.

The final frame shows a wider group of men fishing from the San Diego pier, with rods lifted and extended over the water. — A wider view shows more of the pier crowd and raised fishing rods.

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