San Diego California-1962: Cars and Fishing Boats at Harbor

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

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Cars and Fishing Boats at Harbor — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a bustling San Diego harbor from a moving vehicle. The footage shows classic American cars, including a light-colored sedan, driving along a road with a 'STOP' marking. In the background, fishing boats with tall masts and industrial cranes line the waterfront under a clear blue sky. The view is framed by a dark border, typical of home movie footage, with visible film grain and slight motion blur. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century maritime life and transportation in Southern California.

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: 123807509

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: Useful for 1960s Southern California harbor, roadway, and maritime cutaways in documentary, museum, education, or editorial projects.
Period detail: The visible sedans, painted road STOP marking, fishing-boat masts, waterfront poles, and industrial cranes support the 1962 San Diego harbor setting in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged passenger-window viewpoint from a moving vehicle, preserving a brief everyday look at harbor traffic and working waterfront surroundings.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a harbor road, classic sedans, STOP pavement lettering, fishing boats, tall masts, utility poles, cranes, blue sky, and dark film-gate edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, grain, gate borders, slight exposure variation, and motion blur that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century San Diego travel, harbor work, or roadside waterfront movement.
Historical context: The footage shows a public waterfront where passenger cars pass near fishing boats and industrial equipment, suggesting a mixed maritime and roadway environment.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright, location, vessel, and incidental property questions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 San Diego harbor home movie, 8mm California waterfront traffic, classic cars by fishing boats, and mid-century maritime road footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1962 San Diego views, then broader California harbor, classic car, and working waterfront material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego harbor view from a moving vehicle, with a broad road foreground and distant fishing boats, masts, cranes, and waterfront buildings. — Roadside view toward the harbor with boats, cranes, and waterfront structures in the distance.

A light-colored 1960s sedan passes near a painted STOP marking on a San Diego harbor road, with fishing-boat masts and poles in the background. — Classic sedan moves along the waterfront road beside fishing boats and tall masts.

Moving-vehicle view of a San Diego harbor road with large STOP pavement lettering, a passing classic car, and clustered fishing-boat masts beyond. — Painted STOP lettering fills the road foreground as harbor traffic passes the boats.

San Diego harbor road curves past classic cars and waterfront masts in 1962 home-movie footage, framed by dark 8mm film edges. — Road curves alongside the working harbor, with cars and fishing-boat masts visible beyond.

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