San Diego California-1962: Multiple People Leave A Ferry And Walk Up A Dock

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

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Multiple People Leave A Ferry And Walk Up A Dock — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day at a San Diego harbor. A white ferry with a red roof is docked at a wooden pier, with passengers disembarking and walking up the ramp. The scene features classic mid-century maritime activity, with calm blue water, a distant ship on the horizon, and a clear sky. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and a handheld perspective, evoking a nostalgic, authentic slice of 1960s Americana.

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: 123684739

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: Useful for 1960s editorial sequences needing San Diego harbor ferry activity, passenger movement, or mid-century waterfront travel as a brief authentic home-movie insert.
Period detail: The white ferry, red cabin roof, open pier railings, and distant harbor traffic may show early-1960s Southern California maritime travel and leisure infrastructure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, watching passengers leave the ferry and move up the dock without posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white ferry with a red roof, dock ramp, pier railings, mooring posts, calm harbor water, passengers, and distant ships.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, blue-biased exposure, gate edges, and minor handheld movement consistent with home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a waterfront cutaway, travel transition, harbor establishing detail, or memory beat in a 1960s California sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows everyday public ferry use and harbor movement, with passengers crossing a pier against a backdrop of working and leisure boats.
Research note: People and possible vessel markings are visible, so likeness, copyright, and any brand or identifying-detail review should be handled separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 San Diego harbor ferry footage, 8mm California dock passengers, vintage home movie waterfront, and 1960s ferry disembarking.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then San Diego 1962 harbor material, then other 1960s ferry, dock, boat, and waterfront travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego harbor view with a white ferry at a pier, a sloped dock ramp, calm water, and ships in the distance. — A white ferry sits beside the pier while the dock ramp leads toward the harbor.

The ferry remains tied at a San Diego pier, with the ramp and mooring posts foregrounded against hazy harbor traffic. — The ferry and pier remain in view with harbor vessels faintly visible beyond.

Passengers move along the San Diego dock near the ferry, with railings, pier structures, and harbor water behind them. — Passengers disembark and walk along the dock beside the ferry.

Several passengers walk away from the ferry along the San Diego dock, framed by railings, pier posts, and distant harbor vessels. — People continue up the dock after leaving the ferry.

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