San Diego California-1962: Sunset Over The Ocean With Silhouetted Boats And Lighthouse

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

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Sunset Over The Ocean With Silhouetted Boats And Lighthouse — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene sunset over the ocean from a boat in San Diego, California. Silhouetted fishing boats and a distant lighthouse stand against a golden sky, with the sun dipping below the horizon. The grainy, warm-toned footage shows gentle water movement and a calm maritime atmosphere, viewed through a dark frame that suggests a window or porthole. This archival clip evokes nostalgia and the quiet beauty of a coastal evening.

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: 123807974

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: 1960s San Diego coastal home-movie footage for editors needing a brief sunset ocean insert, maritime transition, or reflective archival mood shot.
Period detail: The scene may show early-1960s small craft and harbor navigation structures, with the period most evident in the 8mm color stock, exposure, and home-movie framing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged traveler or passenger viewpoint, watching the horizon through a dark boat opening as nearby vessels pass in silhouette.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a low sun, calm ocean surface, silhouetted small boats, a distant lighthouse or navigation marker, a larger ship on the horizon, and dark boat framing.
Film character: Warm 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure fluctuation, and dark gate-like edges give the footage a tactile scanned-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet cutaway, end-of-day transition, maritime memory beat, or atmospheric insert between coastal travel scenes.
Historical context: The footage documents a leisure or travel view of San Diego waters at sunset without showing identifiable people, signage, or specific public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location, vessel, and navigational-structure context may still require project-specific review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 San Diego 8mm sunset, vintage harbor boats silhouette, home movie ocean lighthouse, and California coastal evening footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other San Diego 1962 coastal scenes, then broader 1960s ocean, harbor, boat, and sunset material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing small boats in silhouette on calm water at sunset, with a distant lighthouse or marker near the horizon. — Small boats and a distant navigation marker sit against a golden ocean sunset.

1962 San Diego coastal view through a dark boat opening, with silhouetted small craft, a distant marker, and warm sunset light on the water. — A dark foreground frame encloses boats and an offshore marker at sunset.

1962 San Diego 8mm frame with the sun near the horizon, a foreground boat silhouette, and a distant lighthouse or navigation marker offshore. — The low sun brightens the water behind a silhouetted foreground boat.

1962 San Diego sunset frame showing a dark foreground boat, calm ocean, distant ship, and offshore lighthouse or navigation marker. — A silhouetted boat sits in the foreground as the sunset fades over open water.

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