San Diego California-1962: Woman on Dock Looking at Ocean

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

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Woman on Dock Looking at Ocean — Clip Details

A woman in a white sleeveless top and dark pants stands on a dock in San Diego, California, in 1962, gazing out at the water. The 8mm home movie captures her from behind as she leans on a yellow railing, with boats and a pier visible in the background under a bright sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and warm color tones, evoking a nostalgic, personal moment from a mid-century coastal vacation. The final frame shifts to a twilight view of a residential neighborhood, suggesting a quiet evening.

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: 123807393

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: 1960s San Diego home-movie footage for documentary or museum sequences about coastal travel, dockside leisure, and personal waterfront memories.
Period detail: The sleeveless blouse, dark trousers, yellow dock railing, small boats, and soft 8mm color may show early-1960s vacation dress and marina design.
Home-movie behavior: A woman leans quietly on a dock railing and looks across the water, giving the clip an unstaged visitor perspective rather than a posed portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman at a yellow railing, dock pilings, small boats, water reflections, pier structures, blue sky, and a final twilight neighborhood view.
Film character: The clip has warm 8mm color, visible grain, slight softness, gate edges, and handheld framing that retain the texture of a scanned home movie.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a waterfront cutaway, travel-memory insert, contemplative transition, or brief end-of-day beat within a mid-century California sequence.
Historical context: The footage places a private traveler at a working or recreational waterfront, linking everyday leisure with San Diego coastal surroundings in 1962.
Research note: A person is visible from behind, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1962 San Diego dock home movie, woman on waterfront 8mm, California marina vacation footage, and twilight neighborhood home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1962 San Diego footage, then with coastal vacation, dock, marina, or evening neighborhood material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1962 San Diego, a woman in a white sleeveless top stands at a yellow dock railing near boats and pier supports. — Woman pauses at a dock railing beside boats and waterfront structures.

A woman faces the San Diego waterfront from a yellow dock railing, with boats, pilings, and pier structures in view. — Waterfront view with the woman turned toward boats and dock structures.

The home-movie frame shows the woman beside a yellow dock railing, with San Diego waterfront boats and pier supports behind her. — Woman remains at the dock railing as boats and pier supports fill the background.

The final frame shifts to a twilight San Diego neighborhood view with rooftops, a utility pole, layered clouds, and dark hillside edges. — Twilight settles over a neighborhood after the waterfront scene.

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