San Diego California-1962: Chapel Altar and Coastal Sea Views in Vintage 8mm Film

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

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Chapel Altar and Coastal Sea Views in Vintage 8mm Film — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of a stone chapel altar framed by a stained glass window, with greenery and a cross visible. The scene transitions to a distant boat gliding across calm blue waters, followed by a coastal landscape with a utility pole and a small island under a cloudy sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural light, evoking a nostalgic 1960s American family vacation atmosphere.

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: 123684971

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: 1962 San Diego 8mm footage suited for documentary inserts needing chapel detail, coastal atmosphere, or quiet travel-memory transitions.
Period detail: The film may show early 1960s visitor-shot views, with a simple stone chapel altar, stained glass framing, muted color stock, and distant coastal scenery.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, pausing on a chapel altar before turning outward to calm sea views.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a stone altar, cross, stained glass, greenery, open water, distant boat, rocky shoreline, and a utility pole.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, gate edges, and handheld framing consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a reflective insert, coastal transition, religious-place cutaway, or brief memory beat within a 1960s travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage places a quiet chapel view beside coastal San Diego scenery, suggesting private travel documentation rather than a staged public event.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but the chapel setting and possible property identification should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1962 San Diego 8mm chapel altar, vintage California coast sea view, home movie ocean cutaway, and stained glass cross footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 San Diego footage, then California coast or chapel-themed home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing a small stone chapel altar framed by stained glass, plants, and a cross. — Stone chapel altar with stained glass, greenery, and a cross.

Faded 8mm view of open coastal water and cloudy sky in San Diego, with dark frame edges visible. — Open sea and cloudy sky seen in soft, faded 8mm color.

1962 San Diego coastal frame with a small distant boat moving across calm blue water beneath a hazy sky. — Small boat crossing calm coastal water under a hazy sky.

Vintage 8mm San Diego coastal view with rocky shoreline, small offshore rocks, calm water, and a foreground utility pole. — Rocky coastal view with calm water and a utility pole in the foreground.

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