San Diego California-1962: Fishing Boat Leaving Port at Dusk

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Fishing Boat Leaving Port at Dusk — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a fishing boat leaving port in San Diego, California. The clip shows the vessel moving across calm waters at dusk, its lights glowing against the fading sky. A man in a cap watches from the foreground in the final frame, adding a personal perspective. The footage features classic Super 8 grain, warm sunset colors, and a nostalgic, observational style typical of mid-century home movies. This archival film offers authentic 1960s maritime life footage.

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: 123808019

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1960s editorial or documentary requests for San Diego harbor, fishing work, small boats, and dusk waterfront atmosphere from authentic 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The small fishing vessel, warm color stock, port setting, and viewer in a cap may show early-1960s recreational or working waterfront observation in San Diego.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from shore or another vessel as the boat moves away, with a man in a cap entering the foreground near the end as an unstaged witness.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm harbor water, a small lit fishing boat, mast or rigging, dusk sky, distant shoreline, dark frame edges, and a man in a cap.
Film character: The clip has 8mm texture with visible grain, soft focus, warm dusk exposure, slight handheld framing, and dark contact-sheet borders that reinforce its physical-film origin.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a brief maritime insert, harbor transition, departure cutaway, or reflective memory beat within a 1960s California sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a small vessel leaving or crossing harbor water at dusk, offering everyday coastal activity rather than a staged industrial or tourism scene.
Research note: A person is visible from behind or in profile, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1962 San Diego fishing boat, 1960s California harbor, 8mm boat leaving port, dusk waterfront home movie, and vintage maritime footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other San Diego 1962 waterfront clips, then broader 1960s California harbor, fishing, or coastal travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing a lit fishing boat on calm harbor water beneath a fading sky. — A small fishing boat moves across the harbor at dusk.

1962 San Diego harbor view with a small fishing boat receding across darkening water at dusk. — The boat continues out across the dim harbor water.

1962 San Diego 8mm frame with a fishing boat offshore and a man in a cap watching from the foreground. — A foreground viewer watches the lit boat from the harbor edge.

The final view holds the observer and boat in the same harbor scene.

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