San Diego California-1962: People Fishing on Pier on Sunny Day

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

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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People Fishing on Pier on Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a group of people fishing from a pier in San Diego, California. The footage shows several individuals holding fishing rods, patiently waiting for a catch against a vibrant blue sea. The scene is bathed in bright sunlight, with sailboats visible in the distance. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century leisure activities. The camera pans slightly, focusing on the fishermen and the calm ocean, evoking a sense of relaxed, everyday life from the early 1960s.

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: 123684679

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: Useful for 1960s Southern California leisure sequences needing real home-movie footage of pier fishing and oceanfront recreation.
Period detail: The clothing, fishing rods, pier railings, and saturated 8mm color may show casual early-1960s waterfront recreation in San Diego.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor perspective as people gather along a pier, hold rods, talk, and wait over the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include anglers on a pier, fishing rods and lines, blue ocean water, railings, sunlit clothing, and cropped pier edges.
Film character: The footage has strong 8mm color saturation, visible grain, soft focus, handheld framing, and slight exposure variation across the scan.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for coastal leisure, fishing, vacation, or everyday California life.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary public recreation at the waterfront, with adults sharing pier space and fishing in bright daylight.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from any copyright or footage-license assessment.
Research search match: Search phrases might include 1962 San Diego 8mm pier fishing, vintage California fishing footage, and home movie ocean recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then San Diego 1962 material, then other 1960s coastal fishing or vacation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego home-movie frame showing several people with fishing rods along a pier above blue water. — Anglers gather along a pier with rods extended over the water.

People stand near the right edge of a San Diego pier in 1962, with rods and lines reaching over the ocean. — Fishing lines extend from the pier into the blue water.

Home-movie frame of anglers clustered at a pier railing in San Diego, with fishing lines stretching across the water. — A group watches the water from the pier railing while fishing.

1962 San Diego pier scene with people at the railing, fishing lines crossing the frame, and blue water below. — Fishing lines fan out from the pier as people look toward the water.

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