San Diego California-1962: Breezy Tropical Evening With A Beautiful Sunset

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

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Breezy Tropical Evening With A Beautiful Sunset — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a breezy tropical evening in San Diego, California. The clip opens with a stunning sunset, where golden light glows through scattered clouds, casting warm hues across the sky. Silhouetted palm trees and foliage frame the horizon, with a distant antenna visible against the fading light. The scene transitions to a marina filled with boats, where masts rise against a backdrop of buildings and a clear blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and natural camera movement, evoking a nostalgic, authentic 1960s home movie feel. Ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123807476

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 requests needing a coastal sunset, palm silhouettes, and marina cutaway material for documentary or editorial use.
Period detail: The 1962 metadata is supported, while visible clues include 8mm color stock, handheld framing, palm-lined horizon, marina boats, and mid-century leisure travel atmosphere.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a visitor or family camera pausing on evening sky and waterfront activity rather than staging a formal scenic shot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include sunset clouds, palm silhouettes, dark foliage, a distant antenna, marina boats, masts, dockside structures, and one person near the boats.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, heavy grain, exposure shifts, gate edges, and handheld movement that provide useful physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a brief transition from dusk atmosphere into San Diego waterfront coverage, or as a memory beat within a 1960s travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents ordinary coastal sightseeing and marina scenery in early-1960s Southern California without identifying a specific landmark or event.
Research note: People are visible in the marina frame, so likeness review may be needed even if no brands or audible music are flagged; copyright and likeness checks remain separate.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 San Diego 8mm marina, 1960s California sunset home movie, palm silhouette evening sky, and vintage waterfront boats.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 San Diego material, then broader 1960s California coast, sunset, and marina footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego home-movie frame showing a sunset sky behind dark palm and foliage silhouettes. — Orange sunset light sits low beneath clouds, framed by dark palm foliage.

1962 San Diego frame with palm silhouettes and a dim sunset glow near the horizon. — Palm foliage and a dark hillside-like silhouette frame the fading evening light.

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing a low orange sunset, clouds, and silhouetted foreground foliage. — The camera holds on a low sunset with heavy shadows and visible film-edge darkening.

1962 San Diego marina view with boats, masts, dock structures, and a person partly visible near the foreground. — Boats and masts fill a sunny marina frame, with one person partly visible at the bottom edge.

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