San Diego California-1962: Boats Docked at a Marinas Pier with a Person Watching

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

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Boats Docked at a Marinas Pier with a Person Watching — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched marina in San Diego, California. Viewed from a shaded vantage point, the scene reveals a bustling harbor with numerous small boats docked at a wooden pier. A person with white hair sits in the foreground, observing the water. The footage features classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and a slightly faded quality, evoking a strong sense of mid-century Americana and personal memory. Seagulls fly across the sky, adding to the coastal atmosphere.

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: 123807339

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 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 San Diego harbor coverage, mid-century marina atmosphere, or documentary cutaways needing real home-movie waterfront footage.
Period detail: The small pleasure boats, simple pier railings, faded color, and 8mm home-movie framing support an early-1960s recreational marina setting.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has an unstaged visitor perspective, with a seated older person watching boats from a shaded spot near the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include docked small boats, a wooden pier and railings, harbor water, a seated white-haired person, sky, distant shoreline, and dark foreground framing.
Film character: The clip shows soft 8mm grain, slight color fade, contrasty shade-to-sun exposure, and gentle handheld framing that mark it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a coastal insert, harbor transition, travel-memory cutaway, or quiet observational beat in a San Diego sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents recreational waterfront life in a California harbor without staging or narration, emphasizing leisure, watching, and small-boat activity.
Research note: People are visible in the foreground, so likeness review may be needed; no clear logos appear, and copyright clearance is separate from privacy or property concerns.
Research search match: Searches such as 1962 San Diego marina 8mm footage, vintage California harbor home movie, and 1960s docked boats cutaway match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then San Diego 1962 waterfront material, then broader 1960s marina and small-boat leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego marina view with docked small boats, pier railings, harbor water, and a white-haired person seated in the foreground shade. — Docked boats and pier railings are seen from a shaded waterfront vantage point.

1962 San Diego harbor scene with small boats tied near a pier, a sign shape in the distance, and a seated person partly visible in shade. — A seated waterfront viewer appears at lower left while small boats line the marina.

A 1962 San Diego marina view shows docked pleasure boats, wooden pier rails, water, and a white-haired person seated near the camera. — The home-movie camera looks past a seated person toward boats and open water.

The final frame holds on the 1962 San Diego marina, with boats along the pier and a seated foreground figure partly silhouetted by shade. — Boats remain tied along the pier as the foreground viewer sits in shade.

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