San Francisco California-1963: View Of Ocean Liner In Open Water On A Sunny Day

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

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View Of Ocean Liner In Open Water On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a view of a large ocean liner sailing on calm waters, framed by palm trees in the foreground. The scene, likely filmed from a coastal vantage point in San Francisco, features a classic cargo ship with multiple masts moving across the purple-tinged ocean under a clear sky. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color saturation of 8mm home movies from the early 1960s, with a dark border suggesting a window view. The final frame shifts to a residential neighborhood overlooking the coast, showcasing mid-century suburban homes and the Pacific horizon.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123776129

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 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: Useful for 1960s coastal California archive requests needing ocean traffic, harbor-adjacent views, or brief maritime atmosphere from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The 8mm color, palm-lined shoreline view, mid-century houses, and distant cargo or passenger vessel may show early-1960s coastal leisure and residential scenery.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from a visitor or resident vantage point, watching a distant ship through a dark foreground frame before shifting to the nearby hillside neighborhood.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm open water, a large distant ship, palm trees, dark window-like borders, coastal haze, rooftops, fences, and a sloping residential area.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, saturated purple-blue color, mild handheld framing, and dense dark frame edges that give it clear home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime insert, coastal transition, establishing cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a 1960s California sequence.
Historical context: The footage places ocean travel or cargo movement within a residential coastal viewpoint, linking everyday home-movie observation with broader waterfront activity.
Research note: No people or obvious logos are visible, but ship identity, exact filming location, and residential property context should be checked for production-specific rights needs.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1963 San Francisco 8mm ocean liner footage, 1960s California coastal home movie, distant ship at sea, and palm-framed Pacific view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1963 San Francisco coastal views, then broader 1960s California ocean, ship, and suburban overlook footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 8mm view of a distant ship on open water near San Francisco, with palm trees and dark window-like borders in the foreground. — A distant ship crosses calm water beyond palm trees, seen from a shaded coastal vantage point.

Distant ocean liner or cargo vessel on calm coastal water, with palm trees below and 8mm color shift visible in the frame. — The ship remains centered offshore while palm trees mark the lower foreground.

Palm-framed 1963 coastal view of a distant ship moving across calm water, with soft focus and saturated 8mm color. — A steady home-movie view holds on the ship beyond the palms and open water.

1963 San Francisco-area hillside neighborhood with mid-century homes, fences, palms, and a hazy coastal horizon beyond. — The view shifts from the ship to a hillside neighborhood overlooking the coast.

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