San Diego California-1962: Scenic Views Of The Ocean And The Roadside By The

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

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Scenic Views Of The Ocean And The Roadside By The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures scenic coastal views from San Diego, California. The footage features a rugged shoreline with rocky outcrops and waves crashing against the coast, viewed from a roadside vantage point. A utility pole stands prominently in the foreground, framing the ocean vista. The color palette shows classic 1960s film tones with muted blues and purples, enhanced by natural film grain and slight motion blur. The camera pans across the landscape, offering a nostalgic glimpse of California's coastline during a quiet drive. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, and nostalgic projects exploring mid-century American life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123684963

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: 1960s San Diego 8mm coastal scenery for productions needing a brief roadside ocean view, travel insert, or mid-century California atmosphere.
Period detail: The footage may show a 1962 visitor perspective on the San Diego coast, with a roadside utility pole, open shoreline, and muted color 8mm film texture as era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the coast from a roadside vantage point, giving the clip the unstaged feel of a traveler pausing during a drive.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean surf, rocky outcrops, a coastal bluff, roadside foreground, a utility pole, distant shoreline, sky, and film gate edges.
Film character: The clip carries soft 8mm grain, muted blue-purple color, slight blur, exposure variation, and handheld framing from the original home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short scenic cutaway, location transition, travel-memory beat, or atmospheric insert between California road or coast sequences.
Historical context: The view documents a quiet coastal roadside outlook rather than a named landmark, offering visual context for mid-century leisure travel in Southern California.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are visible or flagged, but users should still review copyright, location identification, and any property-related concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 San Diego coast 8mm, vintage California ocean roadside, rocky shoreline home movie, and mid-century coastal travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1962 San Diego material, then broader California coastal road and ocean-view home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego coastal view from a roadside position, showing rocky surf, muted sky, and a utility pole crossing the frame. — Roadside view of the ocean and rocky shoreline with a utility pole in front.

San Diego coastal bluff and ocean surf filmed from a roadside vantage point on muted 8mm color film. — Rocky bluff and breaking waves along the coast.

1962 San Diego shoreline view with a bluff at left, rocky surf below, and soft home-movie exposure. — Bluffside shoreline with waves moving around rocks.

Soft, blue-toned 8mm frame of roadside terrain with distant ocean and sky near the San Diego coast. — Blurred roadside terrain and distant coastal water in blue-toned light.

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