San Diego California-1962: Panning View Of The Ocean From Right To Left Then

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 California

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Panning View Of The Ocean From Right To Left Then — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene panning view of the ocean from a high vantage point. The camera moves slowly from right to left, revealing a vast blue sea under a hazy sky, framed by dark window edges. Silhouetted palm trees appear at the bottom of the frame, adding a tropical feel. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, sun-drenched California memory. A small boat briefly appears on the horizon, enhancing the sense of scale and calm. This authentic 1960s home movie is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 123806969

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 1236 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: disneyland
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1962 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 Diego, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s San Diego coastal home-movie footage for editors needing a brief ocean-view insert, transition, or location atmosphere shot.
Period detail: The scene may show a mid-century coastal overlook or window-framed viewpoint, with palm silhouettes and hazy blue ocean consistent with the 1962 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The slow pan reads as a visitor-held observation from a high vantage point, recording the sea and palms rather than a staged subject.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the ocean horizon, hazy sky, dark vertical window or railing edges, palm crowns, shoreline vegetation, and a small distant boat-like shape.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, muted blue color, and handheld movement typical of home-movie film texture.
Edit role: Use as a short establishing cutaway, reflective memory beat, coastal transition, or visual bridge in a sequence about California travel or seaside leisure.
Historical context: The clip offers a quiet record of a coastal view in early 1960s Southern California without showing people, street life, signage, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, though copyright and any location or property permissions should be evaluated separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960s San Diego ocean view, 8mm California coast, vintage home movie palm trees, and hazy Pacific horizon.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then with other 1962 San Diego material, then with California coastline, palm tree, travel, or ocean-view footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego home-movie frame showing the ocean horizon through dark vertical framing, with palm fronds at the bottom. — Ocean horizon and palm fronds viewed from a high, shaded vantage point.

1962 San Diego coastal view with a hazy ocean horizon and dark vertical window or railing edges crossing the frame. — Hazy ocean view framed by dark vertical edges during the pan.

1962 San Diego home-movie still showing blue ocean beyond dark foreground edges and silhouetted palm trees below. — Palm crowns appear below the ocean view as the camera continues panning.

1962 San Diego coastal frame with palm trees beneath a hazy blue ocean horizon, bordered by dark foreground edges. — The pan settles on ocean, haze, and palm silhouettes along the lower frame.

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