San Diego California-1962: Blue Sea Boat Docked At Harbor With Industrial Waterfront

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

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Blue Sea Boat Docked At Harbor With Industrial Waterfront — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures the Blue Sea boat docked at a Los Angeles harbor. The white vessel, with its name clearly visible on the stern, sits calmly at a wooden pier under a hazy sky. In the background, industrial cranes and distant ships line the waterfront, evoking mid-century maritime life. The footage, framed by the classic 8mm film border, shows subtle camera movement and the natural grain of Super 8 film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into Southern California's past. Ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring 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: 123684809

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: 1962 Southern California harbor footage for documentary or editorial needs around small passenger boats, marina docks, and industrial waterfront atmosphere.
Period detail: The frames show an 8mm-era marina view with a boxy white vessel, dock hardware, a painted harbor sign, and distant cranes or ships that may show mid-century waterfront infrastructure.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from a visitor's dockside viewpoint, watching the stern of the Blue Sea boat without staged action or visible passengers.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Blue Sea stern, wooden pier posts, gangway railings, calm harbor water, a dock sign, distant cranes or masts, and industrial shoreline structures.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, mild color fading, hazy exposure, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the feel of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short harbor insert, maritime transition, travel cutaway, or quiet memory beat in a Southern California sequence.
Historical context: The scene places a small named vessel beside working-waterfront forms, contrasting leisure or excursion boating with industrial harbor activity in the distance.
Research note: The boat name and dock signage are visible and should be reviewed for trademark or identification concerns, while no people or private interiors are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1962 8mm San Diego harbor boat, Southern California marina home movie, Blue Sea vessel docked, and industrial waterfront cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then San Diego or 1962 Southern California harbor footage, then broader marina, boat, and industrial waterfront material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego harbor view of the Blue Sea boat tied at a pier, with calm water and distant industrial waterfront structures. — The Blue Sea boat sits stern-first at a harbor dock with cranes or masts in the background.

Dockside 8mm frame of the Blue Sea boat at a San Diego harbor pier, with water, railings, and distant waterfront equipment. — A steady dockside view centers the stern of the Blue Sea beside a harbor gangway.

1962 San Diego harbor frame showing the Blue Sea docked near a sign, with industrial waterfront details across the water. — The boat remains moored while a dock sign and distant working harbor structures appear behind it.

Final 1962 San Diego dockside frame of the Blue Sea boat, a pier sign, gangway, calm water, and distant harbor structures. — A wider dock edge and gangway frame the Blue Sea against the hazy working harbor.

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