San Diego California-1962: Sunset On The Calm Water

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

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Sunset On The Calm Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene sunset over calm waters in San Diego, California. Silhouetted boats and a distant buoy stand against a golden sky, with the sun's reflection shimmering on the water. The grainy, warm-toned footage evokes a nostalgic, peaceful mood, framed by the dark outline of a nearby vessel. This archival clip offers authentic 1960s coastal ambiance for documentaries, editorial projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 123807983

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: 1962 San Diego 8mm footage helps solve requests for quiet coastal sunset atmosphere, harbor inserts, and period home-movie transition material.
Period detail: The silhouetted boat rigging, calm harbor water, and warm 8mm exposure may show an early-1960s recreational waterfront view rather than a named landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels like a visitor or family member filming from beside a larger vessel, holding on the sunset and nearby boats without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a low sun, calm water, silhouetted boat bow, rigging lines, a distant buoy or marker, dark vessel edges, and golden sky.
Film character: The clip has warm color, heavy shadow silhouettes, soft 8mm grain, slight exposure bloom around the sun, and a home-movie contact-print texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, reflective transition, coastal cutaway, or memory beat between San Diego or waterfront scenes.
Historical context: The view preserves a small slice of midcentury leisure filming on the San Diego waterfront, emphasizing mood, light, and harbor silhouettes over action.
Research note: People appear only as distant silhouettes, but likeness, vessel, location, and copyright status should still be reviewed separately for intended use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1962 San Diego harbor sunset, 8mm California coastal water, vintage home movie boats at dusk, and midcentury waterfront silhouette.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other 1962 San Diego footage, then broader California coastal sunsets, harbors, and boat silhouettes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing a low sunset over calm harbor water, with a silhouetted boat, rigging, and dark vessel framing. — Low sun reflects on calm water beside a silhouetted boat and nearby vessel edge.

1962 San Diego harbor view with the sun near the horizon, a small silhouetted boat, distant marker, and dark foreground vessel shapes. — A silhouetted boat sits against golden water and a fading sky.

1962 San Diego 8mm still with bright sun glare on calm water, a nearby silhouetted boat, rigging, and a distant buoy or harbor marker. — Sun glare catches the water beside the dark outline of a small boat.

1962 San Diego waterfront frame with dark rigging, a seated or standing silhouetted person, calm water, and sunset color in the distance. — Rigging and a small human silhouette frame the harbor at sunset.

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