San Diego California-1962: Many Boats Docked in Sunlit Marina

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

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Many Boats Docked in Sunlit Marina — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched marina in San Diego, California. The view, framed by a dark foreground element, shows numerous classic wooden and fiberglass boats docked in calm water under a clear blue sky. Mast tops rise against the horizon, and a round signpost is visible in the midground. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight color fading, evoking a nostalgic 1960s Americana atmosphere. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 123807586

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: Supports requests for early 1960s Southern California leisure, boating, marina, and coastal cutaway footage for documentary or editorial use.
Period detail: The docked wooden and fiberglass cabin boats, tall sailboat masts, and 8mm color stock may show a 1962 marina setting consistent with the supplied San Diego metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The view feels like a visitor-shot glance across a marina, framed casually through dark foreground posts rather than staged for formal coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include moored cabin boats, sailboat masts, dock railings, calm marina water, a round signpost, low shoreline buildings, hills, and blue sky.
Film character: The clip has a home-movie 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, strong sunlight, and minor frame-to-frame instability.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, coastal transition, marina cutaway, or memory beat for midcentury California recreation.
Historical context: The scene documents small-craft marina culture and recreational boating as seen from an amateur camera, without identifiable people or events in the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location, vessel, and property permissions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 San Diego marina 8mm footage, vintage California boats, midcentury sailboat harbor, and home movie docked boats.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1962 San Diego or Southern California marina scenes, then with broader vintage boating footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego marina view with docked cabin boats, sailboat masts, a round signpost, and dark foreground framing. — Docked boats sit in bright sun with sailboat masts rising behind them.

Supported San Diego 1962 marina frame showing moored boats, sailboat masts, a dock railing, and low hills beyond the harbor. — Moored boats fill the marina beneath a clear sky and distant hillside.

Home-movie frame of a 1962 San Diego marina, with classic docked boats, sailboat masts, railings, and a circular signpost. — Classic cabin boats and sailboat masts appear through dark foreground edges.

1962 San Diego marina still with docked boats in the foreground, dense sailboat masts, shoreline buildings, and low hills beyond. — A dense marina view shows boats at the dock with masts and hills beyond.

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