San Diego California-1962: Video Of Boats On A Pier

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

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Video Of Boats On A Pier — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene harbor scene from San Diego, California. The view, framed by a dark border, shows several white boats docked at a pier under a hazy sky. A white railing and dark benches occupy the foreground, while the water and distant shoreline stretch into the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and subtle camera movement, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American 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: 123807497

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: 1962 San Diego harbor home-movie footage for productions needing a brief coastal transportation cutaway or mid-century waterfront atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s pleasure boats, simple pier railings, bench seating, and a hazy waterfront skyline consistent with the supplied San Diego metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the boats from a visitor viewpoint on or near the pier, holding a casual framed view rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include docked white boats, dark pilings, railings, benches, harbor water, a distant shoreline, and a tall tower-like structure in haze.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, faded color, visible grain, gate borders, and slight handheld drift that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, waterfront establishing beat, or memory cutaway within a 1960s California sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects recreational harbor viewing and small-boat waterfront activity without showing identifiable people, signage, or a documented public event.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are evident, but copyright, location, vessel ownership, and property context should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1962 San Diego harbor 8mm, vintage California pier boats, home movie waterfront, and mid-century marina footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 San Diego footage, then broader California harbor or small-boat home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego harbor view with white boats, dark pilings, pier railings, and benches under a hazy sky. — Docked boats seen from behind pier benches and railings.

1962 San Diego waterfront frame showing docked boats, pier seating, railings, and a hazy distant shoreline. — Boats at the pier with the harbor and shoreline beyond.

1962 San Diego harbor shot with a white boat, foreground railing, dark pilings, and a tall distant tower-like structure. — Harbor boat and pier railing with a hazy skyline in the distance.

1962 San Diego pier view with a white docked boat, railings, bench backs, harbor water, and distant waterfront structures. — A docked boat sits beyond pier seating and railings.

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