San Diego California-1962: Two Massive Ships Slowly Passing By Out In The

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

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Two Massive Ships Slowly Passing By Out In The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a hazy coastal view from San Diego, California. Palm trees frame the foreground as two large ships slowly pass in the distance across the water. The footage shows a residential neighborhood with houses and utility poles, viewed from a balcony or window. The image has a soft, faded quality with film grain and slight color shifts typical of Super 8 footage from the early 1960s, evoking a nostalgic, sun-drenched 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: 123685072

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 coastal home-movie footage for productions needing a brief residential shoreline cutaway with distant ship traffic.
Period detail: The scene shows mid-century palms, low residential rooftops, utility poles, and hazy coastal light consistent with the supplied 1962 San Diego metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The viewpoint feels like a casual balcony or window shot, holding on the distant water through foreground palms rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include palm trees, pale rooftops, utility poles, distant water, two faint ships, haze, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: Soft focus, faded color, visible grain, gate edges, and slight exposure variation give the short view a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet establishing insert, transition, or memory beat for coastal California, shipping, or residential seaside life.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for early 1960s coastal San Diego as seen from a residential vantage point, with maritime activity in the distance.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and any property concerns should still be reviewed by the buyer.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1962 San Diego 8mm coastline, distant ships through palm trees, vintage California home movie, and hazy harbor view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1962 San Diego footage, then broader California coast, palm-lined residential, or maritime traffic material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego coastal view with palm trees framing two distant ships on hazy water. — Palm trees frame a pale coastal horizon where two ships appear in the distance.

1962 San Diego residential coastal view with tall palms, rooftops, utility poles, and distant haze. — A residential foreground of rooftops and utility poles sits below tall palms near the coast.

1962 San Diego home-movie frame showing palms over residential rooftops near a hazy coastal view. — Palms rise over low rooftops in a soft, faded residential coastal view.

1962 San Diego coastal neighborhood view with palms, rooftops, utility lines, and distant haze. — A hazy coastal neighborhood view shows palms, rooftops, and utility lines at the end of the clip.

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