San Francisco California-1963: Deep Sea Fishing Boats On The Ocean

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 San Francisco California

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Deep Sea Fishing Boats On The Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a fishing boat named 'CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO' cruising across the open ocean. Viewed from another vessel, the scene features multiple fishing rods in the foreground, with the boat leaving a white wake behind. The footage shows people on deck, the boat's cabin, and a flag, all under an overcast sky. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film border are characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era, evoking a nostalgic, authentic feel of mid-century maritime recreation.

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: 123774983

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 1112 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: knotts berry farm,zoo,san diego,mary,park,phillip
Reel-level year note: 1963
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1963 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 Francisco, 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 Francisco-area maritime recreation footage suited to documentary or educational sequences about charter fishing, coastal leisure, or small passenger boats at sea.
Period detail: The cabin boat, open rear deck, fishing rods in the foreground, faded color, and 8mm frame borders support a mid-century home-movie view of recreational ocean fishing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged passenger perspective, filmed from one moving vessel while another fishing boat pulls away across open water with people visible on deck.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a fishing boat named City of San Francisco, ocean water, white wake, rail-side fishing rods, people on deck, a cabin structure, a mast, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm home-movie texture through soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, and uneven exposure across the contact-sheet frames.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or cutaway for mid-century coastal recreation, boating departures, or a memory beat around fishing trips.
Historical context: The scene documents leisure boating and deep-sea fishing culture from a personal vantage point rather than an official or commercial maritime record.
Research note: People and the boat name are visible, so likeness, vessel identification, and possible trademark or naming issues should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1960s 8mm San Francisco fishing boat, home movie deep sea fishing, vintage ocean charter boat, and City of San Francisco boat footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1963 San Francisco or Bay Area coastal footage, and finally with other vintage fishing, boating, and ocean recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 San Francisco-area 8mm frame showing a fishing boat named City of San Francisco moving away across open ocean, seen from another vessel with rods in the foreground. — Fishing boat pulls away across the ocean.

A 1963 8mm view from a second vessel shows the City of San Francisco fishing boat receding over choppy ocean water with fishing rods crossing the foreground. — Charter-style fishing boat recedes over the wake.

The fishing boat appears farther away in this 1963 San Francisco-area home-movie frame, with long rods in the foreground and a foamy wake marking the path between vessels. — Fishing rods frame a boat moving away.

Final 1963 8mm frame of the City of San Francisco fishing boat moving away on open water, with people on deck, rods in the foreground, and dark film borders visible. — Boat continues away across open water.

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