San Francisco California-1963: Distant Footage Of A Small Boat And Its Crew At Sea

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

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Distant Footage Of A Small Boat And Its Crew At Sea — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a United States Coast Guard boat navigating the open ocean. The small white vessel, marked with official insignia and flying an American flag, cuts through deep blue water under a hazy purple sky. Crew members in light-colored uniforms stand aboard as the boat moves steadily across the waves, creating a wake. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight camera shake, offering authentic archival footage of maritime operations from the early 1960s.

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: 123776524

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: Useful for 1960s editorial productions needing distant maritime or Coast Guard activity near San Francisco from authentic 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The small white vessel, uniformed crew, painted official markings, and American flag may show early-1960s Coast Guard patrol activity at sea.
Home-movie behavior: The footage carries a visitor-shot feel, observing the boat from a distance with no staged action and only brief handheld framing of the passing vessel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open ocean, hazy sky, a small white patrol boat, standing crew, side markings, spray from the bow, and an American flag at the stern.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, purple-blue color shift, slight handheld drift, and contact-print framing that give the maritime view its physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or establishing insert for coastal patrol, maritime travel, or midcentury San Francisco waters.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for small official boats operating offshore, with crew visible but no clearly identifiable individuals in the distant frames.
Research note: Visible people and official vessel markings may require likeness, trademark, agency, or editorial-use review separate from any footage copyright questions.
Research search match: Searchers looking for 1963 San Francisco 8mm Coast Guard boat, distant patrol vessel at sea, or vintage home movie maritime footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1963 San Francisco coastal footage, then broader 1960s boats, ocean travel, and maritime service scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Distant 1963 San Francisco 8mm view of a small white Coast Guard boat with crew visible on open water. — A small marked boat travels across the ocean with several crew members standing aboard.

Distant 1963 San Francisco footage shows a small Coast Guard vessel moving across choppy blue water. — The boat passes broadside, with crew gathered near the cabin and mast.

Handheld 8mm frame catches the Coast Guard boat partly at the edge of the ocean scene near San Francisco. — The vessel slips partly out of frame, leaving a broad view of sea and hazy horizon.

A 1963 San Francisco 8mm frame shows the small Coast Guard boat throwing spray on open water, with a faint distant shoreline. — The boat rides through the water, producing white spray as a distant shoreline appears through haze.

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