San Diego California-1962: People Boarding the San Pedro Special Ferry at Harbor

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

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People Boarding the San Pedro Special Ferry at Harbor — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures passengers boarding the San Pedro Special ferry at a bustling California harbor. People in period attire—men in collared shirts and hats, women in dresses—move toward the boat under bright daylight. The scene includes a second vessel labeled 'Norm's Land' and distant Mobil Oil tanks, evoking mid-century Americana. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and a handheld perspective, offering authentic archival footage of daily life and transportation in San Diego.

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: 123807324

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 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s California harbor transportation requests needing authentic home-movie footage of passengers boarding a ferry or tour boat.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century clothing, an 8mm color home-movie look, a vessel marked San Pedro Special, and distant Mobil Oil tanks in a harbor setting.
Home-movie behavior: Passengers gather and move casually toward the boat while the camera watches from a nearby dock with an unstaged visitor perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ferry railings, boarding passengers, dock structures, a white vessel, water, industrial tanks, hats, shirts, and bright harbor daylight.
Film character: The 8mm footage has visible grain, soft focus, slight color fading, dark frame edges, and handheld exposure shifts that support its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, transportation cutaway, harbor transition, or memory beat for mid-century coastal travel.
Historical context: The scene documents everyday public waterfront movement, with passengers and working harbor infrastructure sharing the same frame.
Research note: People and recognizable Mobil branding are visible, so copyright licensing should be considered separately from likeness and trademark review.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1962 San Diego harbor home movie, San Pedro Special ferry boarding, 8mm California waterfront, or mid-century ferry passengers.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from the same reel, then San Diego or 1962 California harbor material, then broader ferry and waterfront travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego harbor footage showing passengers on a dock beside the San Pedro Special, with another vessel and Mobil tanks beyond. — Passengers cluster on the dock as the San Pedro Special prepares for boarding.

Passengers in mid-century clothing stand along a San Diego dock facing a white harbor vessel, with industrial tanks visible across the water. — Dockside passengers wait and look toward the harbor vessel.

The home-movie frame shows a shaded dock crowd in San Diego looking toward a white harbor boat, with cranes and oil tanks in the distance. — A shaded group watches the boat from the dock.

At the end of the clip, passengers remain gathered near the San Diego harbor boat, framed by dark film edges and distant industrial waterfront details. — Passengers remain gathered as the boat sits at the harbor dock.

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