San Diego California-1962: Passenger Ferry At Wooden Pier With Harbor In Background

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

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Passenger Ferry At Wooden Pier With Harbor In Background — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a small passenger ferry docked at a wooden pier in San Diego, California. Passengers gather on the deck as the boat prepares to depart, with larger ships visible in the hazy harbor background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and a slightly blurry quality, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American coastal scene. The calm water reflects the boat and dock, creating a serene, timeless atmosphere of mid-20th century leisure travel.

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: 123684740

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary or educational edits needing San Diego harbor travel, small passenger ferry service, or mid-century waterfront leisure context.
Period detail: The small ferry, wooden pier, open railings, and hazy harbor traffic may show early 1960s coastal transportation details consistent with the supplied 1962 San Diego metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, observing passengers gathered on deck and the ferry at rest without staged action or formal coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white passenger ferry, people on deck, a wooden pier, dock pilings, a gangway or railing, calm harbor water, and larger vessels in the distance.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, muted color, gate edges, and slight frame instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, harbor cutaway, travel transition, or memory beat for mid-century coastal movement.
Historical context: The scene visually documents ordinary waterfront travel and sightseeing around a working harbor, with passenger activity set against larger maritime traffic.
Research note: People and possible vessel markings are visible, so copyright, likeness, and any identifiable logo or name use should be reviewed separately by the buyer.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 San Diego harbor ferry, 1960s California waterfront home movie, 8mm passenger boat at pier, and mid-century harbor travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1962 San Diego harbor material, then broader California waterfront or passenger-boat scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego home-movie frame showing a small passenger ferry at a wooden pier, with passengers aboard and larger harbor vessels behind it. — Passenger ferry docked at a wooden pier with harbor traffic beyond.

Small passenger ferry at a San Diego pier in 1962, seen from across the water with people along the deck and larger vessels in the hazy background. — Ferry and pier framed by calm water and distant harbor vessels.

8mm frame of a 1962 San Diego passenger ferry beside a wooden dock, with passengers visible and ships faintly seen across the harbor. — Home-movie view of passengers on a docked ferry in the harbor.

1962 San Diego harbor frame showing a ferry at a wooden pier, deck passengers, dock railings, and large ships softened by haze in the distance. — Ferry, pier, and background harbor ships in a brief coastal travel view.

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