San Diego California-1962: View Of A Boat Called Blue Sea As It Sits At The Dock

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

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View Of A Boat Called Blue Sea As It Sits At The Dock — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage clip captures the Blue Sea ferry at a Los Angeles dock, its white hull and red cabin clearly visible. The camera pans across the pier, revealing a sign for the Blue Sea ferry service and a large cargo ship in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and a nostalgic 1960s aesthetic, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century maritime transportation and harbor life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123684786

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: 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 documentary or educational edits needing authentic harbor, ferry dock, or leisure transportation atmosphere from Southern California home-movie footage.
Period detail: The small docked boat, painted ferry sign, white pier railings, and distant cargo vessel may show mid-century harbor infrastructure and passenger-service signage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, watching the Blue Sea at the dock and then panning toward the pier railings and harbor beyond.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Blue Sea boat, dock pilings, a ferry-service sign, a life ring, white railings, calm harbor water, and cargo ships in the distance.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, faded color, visible grain, slight gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, harbor transition, maritime insert, or memory beat between broader 1960s California travel scenes.
Historical context: The footage shows recreational or passenger-harbor activity beside larger working vessels, suggesting the overlap of leisure boating and port traffic.
Research note: The Blue Sea name and ferry-service sign are visible and should be reviewed for trademark or identification issues, while no people are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Searches for 1962 8mm San Diego harbor footage, Blue Sea boat at dock, California ferry sign, vintage pier railings, or 1960s cargo ship cutaway may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 San Diego waterfront material, then broader 1960s California harbor or boat footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 8mm frame of the Blue Sea boat at a Southern California dock, with a ferry sign, life ring, pilings, and harbor traffic in the background. — The Blue Sea sits at the dock with signage and harbor vessels visible beyond.

The Blue Sea remains docked in this 1962 harbor view, framed by pier railings, a ferry sign, a life ring, and distant ships. — Dockside view of the Blue Sea with pier railings and harbor traffic behind it.

The camera pans away from the Blue Sea toward white dock railings, a partial ferry sign, calm harbor water, and a cargo vessel in the distance. — The pan shifts across the dock toward railings and the harbor beyond.

Final 1962 harbor frame showing white pier railings and calm water, with large vessels across the harbor and no people visible. — White pier railings lead the eye toward distant ships across the harbor.

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