San Diego California-1962: Tugboat At Harbor Dock Viewed Through Beams

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

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Tugboat At Harbor Dock Viewed Through Beams — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a view of San Diego Harbor from behind dark structural beams. A white and yellow tugboat is docked at a pier, with industrial buildings visible across the water under a pale sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and a handheld, observational perspective. The scene conveys a quiet, everyday moment of mid-century maritime life, with the framing suggesting a personal, nostalgic viewpoint.

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: 123807351

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: Supports requests for 1960s San Diego Harbor home-movie material, especially documentary inserts about working waterfronts, tugboats, docks, and everyday maritime infrastructure.
Period detail: The small tugboat, timber pilings, simple dock structures, and faded 8mm color may show a mid-century harbor setting consistent with the supplied 1962 San Diego metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from behind pier beams, giving the scene an unstaged visitor or bystander viewpoint rather than a formal harbor survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white and yellow tugboat, dark vertical beams, pier pilings, blue harbor water, a gangway or rail, distant low buildings, and small figures near the dock.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a waterfront cutaway, quiet transition, establishing insert, or memory beat between broader San Diego or maritime sequences.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for a working harbor environment where small vessels, docks, and industrial shoreline features share the frame.
Research note: People and possible vessel markings are small but present, so copyright, likeness, trademark, and location-identification review should be handled separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 San Diego Harbor 8mm tugboat, vintage home movie dock view, mid-century California waterfront, and harbor pier beams.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 San Diego harbor material, then broader 1960s tugboat, dock, and working-waterfront footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego Harbor view of a white and yellow tugboat near a pier, framed by dark structural beams and pilings. — A tugboat sits near the dock while the camera looks through pier beams across the harbor.

1962 San Diego Harbor tugboat at a pier, with dark beams in the foreground and industrial shoreline across the water. — The tugboat remains beside the pier as beams divide the harbor view.

1962 San Diego Harbor scene with a tugboat, pier pilings, foreground beams, and a small dock structure to the right. — A small dock structure appears beside the tugboat as the framed harbor view continues.

1962 San Diego Harbor tugboat framed by pier beams, with dock pilings, blue water, and a small structure at the right edge. — The tugboat is held in a tight harbor view, divided by dark beams and pier supports.

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