San Diego California-1962: People Fishing On A Pier With Cargo Ship In Background

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

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People Fishing On A Pier With Cargo Ship In Background — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1962 captures a sunny day at a pier in San Diego, California. A crowd of people, dressed in light summer clothing, stands along the wooden pier, many holding fishing rods and casting lines into the blue water. The scene is bathed in bright sunlight, with a large cargo ship visible on the horizon. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics, including soft focus, natural color shifts, and subtle grain, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American leisure moment.

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: 123684704

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s San Diego leisure, waterfront recreation, or public pier fishing inserts in documentary, museum, education, or period commercial edits.
Period detail: Light summer clothing, fishing rods, a red pier rail, and a distant cargo ship support a mid-century coastal public recreation setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged pier activity as people stand, lean on railings, fish, and watch the water from a casual home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a crowded pier, fishing rods, red railings, blue harbor water, a distant cargo ship, bright sun, and soft horizon detail.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, blue color bias, visible grain, gate edges, and slight handheld instability consistent with original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, waterfront transition, memory beat, or period recreation insert between broader San Diego or coastal scenes.
Historical context: The scene shows public fishing and waterfront gathering as everyday leisure, with harbor traffic visible beyond the pier.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright status; no logos or private property are apparent in the frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s San Diego pier fishing, 8mm home movie waterfront recreation, California harbor leisure, and cargo ship background footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel waterfront shots, then other San Diego 1962 material, then broader 1960s California fishing or harbor recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego home-movie frame showing people along a pier, fishing rods raised over blue harbor water with a cargo ship in the distance. — People gather along a pier to fish, with a cargo ship visible offshore.

1962 San Diego pier scene with people in light clothing fishing and looking toward the water as a cargo ship sits on the horizon. — Pier visitors fish and watch the harbor under bright daylight.

Soft 8mm frame from the San Diego pier, with figures near the railing, blue water, and a distant ship partly visible through film blur. — A softer handheld view shows the fishing pier and harbor beyond.

1962 San Diego home-movie frame showing a closer cluster of adults along the pier railing with fishing rods angled over the harbor. — A closer view shows anglers leaning and casting from the pier rail.

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