San Diego California-1962: A Group Of Men Fishing In A Harbour

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

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A Group Of Men Fishing In A Harbour — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a group of men fishing from a wooden pier in San Diego, California. The scene features several men in casual summer attire—shorts, button-down shirts, and hats—lined along a red-railed dock, each holding a fishing rod. The water is a deep blue, and the film shows natural grain and slight color fading typical of Super 8 footage. The camera remains steady, offering a candid view of a classic American pastime, evoking nostalgia for mid-century leisure and community recreation.

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: 123684700

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 documentary or education requests needing mid-century San Diego harbor recreation and everyday pier fishing activity.
Period detail: Casual shirts, caps, shorts, simple fishing rods, and red-painted pier railings support a 1960s home-movie view of leisure at a harbor dock.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged public fishing scene, with men leaning on the railing, handling rods, and sharing space along the pier.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wooden pier, red railings, fishing rods, seated and standing men, hats, blue harbor water, and dock hardware.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated blue water, soft focus, visible grain, slight color shift, and steady home-movie framing as part of its archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, or cutaway for harbor life, recreation, fishing culture, or mid-century California leisure.
Historical context: The scene reflects ordinary public recreation in a coastal setting, showing men gathered around fishing rods without formal event staging.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1962 San Diego 8mm fishing pier footage, harbor recreation home movie, men fishing dock, and California leisure scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other San Diego or 1962 harbor scenes, then broader fishing, pier, and recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego home-movie frame showing men with fishing rods along a red-railed wooden pier above blue harbor water. — Men gather along a harbor pier, fishing from behind red railings.

Men in casual summer clothing fish from a red-railed San Diego harbor pier in this 1962 8mm frame. — Several men fish and watch the water from a wooden harbor dock.

A 1962 San Diego harbor view shows men clustered along a red railing while fishing from a wooden pier. — Fishing rods angle out over the water as men line the pier railing.

Final 1962 San Diego frame of men fishing and sitting along a red-railed pier over deep blue harbor water. — The group remains gathered on the pier, with rods held over the harbor.

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