San Francisco California-1963: Large Cargo Ship Anchored Near Lighthouse

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

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Large Cargo Ship Anchored Near Lighthouse — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a large cargo ship anchored in the distance off the coast of San Francisco. The footage, viewed through a dark frame, shows the vessel on calm blue waters under a hazy purple sky. A lighthouse appears in the background, and a person is briefly visible on a pier in the final frame. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic mid-century maritime scene.

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: 123776291

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 1960s San Francisco maritime home-movie footage for editors needing a brief coastal shipping insert, harbor cutaway, or period waterfront atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century harbor traffic, with a distant cargo ship, lighthouse or beacon structure, calm bay water, and the dark rounded edges of an 8mm camera frame.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the visitor-shot viewpoint: a handheld look across the water from shore or pier, with a person briefly appearing at the edge of the final view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue bay water, a distant cargo ship, shoreline rocks, a white lighthouse-like tower, hazy sky, dark film gate edges, and a small pier-side figure.
Film character: The footage has saturated blue-purple color, soft focus, visible grain, gate shadowing, and slight handheld instability consistent with 1963 amateur 8mm filming.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime establishing insert, quiet transition, harbor memory beat, or cutaway between San Francisco travel or shipping sequences.
Historical context: The scene places leisure viewing and commercial shipping in the same coastal frame, showing how a home-movie camera recorded San Francisco Bay from a public vantage point.
Research note: Copyright, location, and any likeness concerns should be reviewed separately because a person is briefly visible and the vessel and shoreline structures are not specifically identified.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1963 San Francisco Bay cargo ship, vintage 8mm harbor footage, distant lighthouse on water, and home movie coastal shipping scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1963 San Francisco waterfront material, then broader 1960s harbor, ship, lighthouse, or coastal travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 San Francisco home-movie view of a distant cargo ship on calm blue bay water under a hazy sky. — A large ship sits offshore, framed by dark 8mm gate edges and blue water.

1963 San Francisco Bay view with a distant vessel, a white lighthouse-like tower, blue water, and rocky foreground. — The ship and white tower appear across the bay beyond a low rocky shoreline.

1963 San Francisco coastal frame showing a cargo ship and lighthouse-like tower in the distance across the bay. — A distant ship aligns with a white tower across the water in a soft, grainy frame.

1963 San Francisco Bay home-movie frame with distant shipping, a white tower, rocky shore, and a person at the right edge. — A person appears at the edge of the waterfront view as the ship remains distant on the bay.

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