San Diego California-1962: Video Of A Construction Site With A Crane And Other Equipment

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

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Video Of A Construction Site With A Crane And Other... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a bustling construction site in San Diego, California. The footage shows a large crane and other heavy equipment operating under a clear blue sky. Wooden beams and construction materials are scattered across the dirt lot, with a ship or barge visible in the background. The view is framed by a dark border, characteristic of 8mm film, with natural film grain and slight color fading. The camera remains mostly static, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century industrial development.

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: 123807547

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 8mm footage suited to archival requests for mid-century construction, harbor-adjacent work sites, or industrial cutaways.
Period detail: The frames show open dirt ground, timber or beams, a large crane, and low industrial waterfront structures consistent with early 1960s home-movie documentation.
Home-movie behavior: The static, distant view feels like an observer filming an active construction area from behind a dark foreground barrier rather than a staged production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a crane, construction materials, dirt lot, low buildings or pier structures, a vessel-like form, blue sky, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The clip has 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color fading, and uneven exposure that give the industrial view a period home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or cutaway for San Diego development, waterfront construction, or mid-century infrastructure sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually places construction activity near industrial waterfront surroundings without identifying a specific project, company, or landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright and any site or vessel identification should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1962 San Diego construction footage, 8mm crane at work site, mid-century California industrial site, and waterfront construction home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 San Diego material, then broader construction, crane, harbor, or industrial development footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing a dirt construction area, crane equipment, and harbor-adjacent industrial structures. — A crane and scattered construction materials sit beyond an open dirt area near industrial waterfront structures.

1962 San Diego frame with crane equipment, low industrial structures, and materials spread across a dirt construction site. — The view holds on a crane and work-site materials across an open dirt foreground.

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing a crane and construction materials partly obscured by a dark vertical foreground edge. — A dark foreground edge partially blocks the view of a crane and materials at the construction site.

1962 San Diego 8mm frame with a wide harbor-side construction view, crane boom, dirt lot, and low industrial forms. — The final frame shows a wide construction-site view with crane equipment and materials under clear sky.

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