San Diego California-1962: View Of Ships Sitting In Water On A Sunny Day

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

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View Of Ships Sitting In Water On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of several large cargo ships and tankers anchored in a calm harbor. The footage, framed by a dark border suggesting a window or porthole, shows the vessels at rest on blue water under a clear sky. A small motorboat moves across the foreground, adding subtle motion. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, faded colors, and a slight vignette, evoking a nostalgic mid-century maritime scene. This archival clip offers authentic 1960s Americana for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123684752

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 requests needing early 1960s San Diego harbor atmosphere, maritime transportation cutaways, or authentic home-movie footage of ships at anchor.
Period detail: The frame may show mid-century cargo ships or tankers, a small motorboat, open harbor water, and the soft color palette associated with 1962 8mm home-movie footage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint from behind a dark window, railing, or pier structure, recording ships quietly rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm blue harbor water, anchored commercial ships, a small moving motorboat, pale sky, dark vertical framing edges, and a pier piling in later frames.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, faded color, visible grain, slight jitter, and dark gate-like borders that give the harbor view clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime insert, location-establishing cutaway, travel-memory beat, or quiet transition within a West Coast or transportation sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually situates San Diego as an active harbor setting in the early 1960s without identifying specific vessels, operators, docks, or events.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable vessel names are visible, but vessel identity, harbor property, and underlying copyright status should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 San Diego harbor 8mm footage, vintage cargo ships on water, home movie harbor view, and mid-century California maritime cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other San Diego 1962 waterfront material, and then broader vintage harbor, ships, or coastal travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego harbor view with distant cargo ships or tankers, calm blue water, and a small motorboat near the foreground. — Distant ships sit at anchor across calm harbor water as a small motorboat passes in front.

San Diego harbor footage from 1962 showing anchored commercial ships across blue water, seen through dark vertical framing. — Anchored ships line the far side of the harbor, viewed through a dark foreground frame.

1962 harbor view in San Diego with distant ships, calm water, dark framing, and a pier piling visible at the lower right. — The camera holds on distant harbor ships as a pier piling enters the lower-right foreground.

San Diego harbor scene from 1962 with anchored ships in the distance and a dark pier piling against calm blue water. — A foreground piling anchors the view while distant ships remain still across the harbor.

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