San Diego California-1962: Sunset Boating Coming Into Port

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

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Sunset Boating Coming Into Port — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene sunset boating scene in San Diego, California. Silhouetted figures aboard a small vessel enjoy the golden hour as the sun dips below the horizon, casting warm orange and yellow light across the water. The camera pans to reveal a distant shoreline with a prominent crane and a tall tower, suggesting a working port. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American coastal memory. Ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123807949

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 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a brief coastal boating, sunset, or working-port atmosphere insert.
Period detail: The small boat silhouettes, distant shoreline, crane, and tower may show a mid-century harbor approach in San Diego as recorded by a home-movie camera.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged onboard viewpoint, with people watching the sunset and shoreline rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include silhouetted boat passengers, low sun over water, harbor shoreline, blue water, a crane, a tall tower, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, warm sunset exposure, blue color shift in harbor views, and handheld framing that reads as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, coastal transition, harbor cutaway, or insert between travel, family, and port sequences.
Historical context: The footage places leisure boating beside a working waterfront, suggesting a personal view of San Diego harbor life without identifying a specific pier or vessel.
Research note: People appear only as silhouettes, but likeness review may still be needed; no visible logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property checks.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1962 San Diego boating footage, 8mm harbor sunset, home movie coming into port, and 1960s California waterfront.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1962 San Diego harbor material, then with coastal boating, sunset, or working-port home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing silhouetted boat passengers against a low orange sunset over the water. — Silhouetted passengers on a small boat watch the sun set over the water.

1962 San Diego harbor view with blue water, a distant shoreline, and a crane visible near the horizon. — The camera looks across the water toward a distant harbor shoreline and crane.

1962 San Diego 8mm harbor frame showing shoreline structures, a crane, and a tall tower across the water. — A shoreline with port structures, crane, and tower appears across the harbor water.

1962 San Diego harbor view from a boat, with blue water, a distant crane, and a tall tower near the frame edge. — The boat passes a distant working waterfront with crane and tower visible beyond the water.

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