San Francisco California-1963: Men On Coast Guard Boat Voyage In The Middle Of 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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Men On Coast Guard Boat Voyage In The Middle Of The Sea — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a United States Coast Guard boat navigating calm blue waters under a purple-tinged sky. The white vessel, marked with 'UNITED STATES COAST GUARD' and an American flag, moves steadily across the ocean with crew members visible on deck. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a slightly soft focus, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century maritime operations. The scene evokes a sense of calm duty and historical 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: 123776516

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 footage for documentary or educational edits needing a brief Coast Guard vessel cutaway at sea.
Period detail: The white Coast Guard boat, deck crew, American flag, and soft 8mm color point to mid-century maritime service imagery, supported by the 1963 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a distance as the vessel passes across open water, giving the scene the unstaged feel of a civilian home-movie record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white Coast Guard boat, open blue water, purple-tinged sky, deck crew, railings, cabin structure, mast, and small American flag.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight gate edges, and color shift that read as original physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short maritime insert, Coast Guard cutaway, voyage transition, or quiet memory beat within a 1960s coastal sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually places a marked United States Coast Guard vessel in open water near the San Francisco location supplied by the metadata.
Research note: People and official vessel markings are visible, so copyright, likeness, insignia, and editorial-use questions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1963 8mm Coast Guard boat at sea, San Francisco maritime home movie, and vintage United States Coast Guard vessel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then San Francisco or 1963 coastal material, then broader maritime, boat, and ocean voyage scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 San Francisco-area 8mm frame showing a white United States Coast Guard boat at sea with crew on deck. — A marked Coast Guard vessel passes across open water with crew visible on deck.

The Coast Guard boat is seen broadside, with railings, mast, and crew visible against the horizon.

Soft 8mm frame from 1963 showing a white Coast Guard vessel traveling across blue water near San Francisco metadata location. — The vessel moves through open water in a softer, more motion-blurred frame.

1963 San Francisco-area frame showing a marked United States Coast Guard boat with crew and a small American flag at sea. — Crew members stand near the cabin as the marked Coast Guard boat travels across the water.

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