San Francisco California-1963: Passenger Boat Voyager Cruising On The Sea

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

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Passenger Boat Voyager Cruising On The Sea — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a passenger boat named the 'Voyager' cruising across calm blue waters. The white vessel, filled with passengers on its upper deck, moves steadily toward the camera, leaving a gentle wake. The scene is framed by dark borders, typical of Super 8 film, with a hazy coastline visible in the distance. The footage exudes a nostalgic, mid-century Americana feel, showcasing leisure travel and maritime life from a bygone era.

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: 123775088

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 home-movie footage for documentary or educational edits needing a passenger boat approaching across open water.
Period detail: The white passenger vessel, crowded upper deck, 8mm color, and hazy shoreline may show mid-century leisure travel on San Francisco Bay.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, with the camera watching the Voyager approach steadily from another vantage point on the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Voyager passenger boat, clustered passengers, blue water, white wake, hazy distant shoreline, mast, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure haze, and fixed contact-print borders give the footage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a maritime cutaway, travel insert, bay transition, or quiet memory beat in a 1960s California sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents recreational passenger boating from a home-movie perspective without proving a specific route, operator, or event.
Research note: People and the vessel name are visible, so likeness, trademark, and contextual identification review may be needed separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1963 8mm San Francisco passenger boat, Voyager boat home movie, and vintage bay cruising footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then San Francisco 1963 water scenes, then broader 1960s passenger boat or bay travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 San Francisco-area home-movie frame showing the Voyager passenger boat approaching across calm blue water. — The Voyager approaches from a distance across calm water, framed by dark 8mm borders.

The Voyager moves closer on blue water, with passengers faintly visible on deck and a hazy coastline beyond. — The boat advances toward the camera, leaving a small wake in the bay water.

Closer 1963 home-movie view of the Voyager, its name visible as passengers gather on deck over blue water. — The vessel name Voyager becomes legible as the passenger boat moves nearer.

The Voyager is seen closer at an angle, with passengers along the deck and a curved wake on the water. — The Voyager turns slightly across the frame, showing passengers and the marked hull.

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