San Diego California-1962: Visitors Observe Sea Lions At Harbor

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

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Visitors Observe Sea Lions At Harbor — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day at a San Diego harbor where visitors observe sea lions. A man and woman stand near a chain-link fence as a sea lion perches on a red-painted dock edge, with boats and a distant cityscape visible across the water. The footage shows the sea lion moving along the edge and splashing into the water, with a sign warning not to feed the animals. The warm, slightly faded colors and film grain evoke classic mid-century 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: 123684913

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 San Diego harbor or family travel sequences needing visitor-shot footage of people watching sea lions by the waterfront.
Period detail: The frame may show early-1960s leisure clothing, small harbor boats, painted dock rails, and chain-link barriers consistent with the 1962 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged visitor perspective, with adults standing close to the fence as the camera follows sea lions moving and splashing near the dock.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include sea lions, a red dock edge, chain-link fence, adult visitors, harbor water, small boats, a warning sign, and distant shoreline structures.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and handheld framing that read as physical mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, travel-memory beat, animal attraction insert, or transition within a San Diego harbor or vacation montage.
Historical context: The clip gives a small social view of waterfront recreation, with visitors observing marine animals from a public-facing dock area rather than a staged show.
Research note: People and a posted sign are visible, so likeness, signage, and location context may need review separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1962 San Diego harbor sea lions, 8mm California vacation footage, visitors watching marine animals, and vintage waterfront home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel harbor scenes, then other San Diego 1962 footage, then broader California waterfront, zoo, or animal-attraction home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego harbor home-movie frame with a sea lion on a red dock edge, adult visitor, fence, boats, and distant waterfront. — A sea lion perches near the fence while a visitor watches from the dock edge.

San Diego harbor frame from 1962 showing a sea lion at the dock edge with two adult visitors, fence, boats, and waterfront behind. — Two visitors stand at the fence as the sea lion leans toward the water.

1962 harbor frame showing sea lions near the dock, a posted warning sign, boats, water, fence, and distant shoreline structures. — Sea lions move by the dock below a visible warning sign near the harbor boats.

End frame from the 1962 San Diego harbor clip with a splash in the water beside the red dock edge and nearby floating platform. — A splash marks the sea lion entering the water beside the dock.

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