San Francisco California-1963: People Rode On Boat Named Voyager Over Body Of Water

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

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People Rode On Boat Named Voyager Over Body Of Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures the passenger boat Voyager cruising across calm waters. The white vessel, marked with a red stripe and the name 'VOYAGER' on its bow, is filled with people enjoying a sunny day out on the water. Passengers are visible on both the main deck and the upper observation level, some standing and others seated, all taking in the view. The footage shows the boat moving steadily, creating a gentle wake, with the open sea stretching to the horizon under a bright sky. The warm, slightly faded color palette and film grain evoke a strong sense of nostalgia and mid-century Americana.

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: 123775105

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 Bay home-movie footage suited to documentary requests for mid-century passenger boating, waterfront recreation, or travel inserts.
Period detail: The white excursion vessel, red hull stripe, open upper deck, and casual passenger clothing may show early-1960s Bay Area leisure boating.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged view of passengers sitting and standing on an excursion boat as it passes the camera on calm water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Voyager name on the bow, crowded decks, a white hull with red trim, railings, mast lines, wake, open water, and hazy horizon.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fade, handheld framing, and contact-sheet edge shadows that give it physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a short maritime cutaway, travel transition, waterfront memory beat, or establishing insert for recreational boating in the 1960s.
Historical context: The clip visually documents public leisure travel by boat in San Francisco, with passengers gathered on both enclosed and open decks.
Research note: People and the visible vessel name require likeness and trademark or identification review; copyright and publicity permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1963 San Francisco home movie passenger boat, Voyager excursion boat, 8mm Bay Area boating, and 1960s water travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1963 San Francisco waterfront material, then broader 1960s travel and boating scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Voyager passes in profile with passengers gathered on the upper and lower decks.

1963 San Francisco frame of Voyager broadside on the water, with passengers visible along the rails and upper observation deck. — The vessel Voyager continues past the camera, its name visible on the bow.

Closer 1963 San Francisco home-movie view of Voyager, showing crowded passenger decks, railings, and the vessel name near the bow. — A closer side view emphasizes the crowded deck and painted Voyager name.

1963 San Francisco frame showing Voyager from a rear angle as passengers ride on deck and the boat leaves a small wake. — Voyager turns away from the camera with passengers still visible at the stern and upper deck.

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