San Diego California-1962: Metal Anchor Floating In Water At Sunset

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

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Metal Anchor Floating In Water At Sunset — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this clip captures a silhouetted metal object, likely a ship's anchor, floating in calm water during a golden sunset. The scene is framed by a dark border, suggesting a view from a porthole or window. In the distance, a lighthouse stands on a pier against a gradient sky of blue and orange. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and warm color tones, evoking a nostalgic, maritime atmosphere. This vintage home movie offers authentic archival footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123808029

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s San Diego harbor home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet maritime sunset insert or coastal memory beat.
Period detail: The silhouetted metal anchor-like form, distant pier light, and warm color 8mm exposure may show a visitor’s harbor view in early-1960s Southern California.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a traveler pausing on a waterfront view rather than staging an action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm water, a silhouetted metal anchor-like object, sunset sky, distant pier or breakwater, small lighthouse form, dark frame edges, and film grain.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, warm sunset exposure, visible grain, gate edges, and slight frame variation that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a harbor cutaway, reflective transition, title-background moment, or brief memory beat between San Diego travel scenes.
Historical context: The view places leisure or travel filming around a harbor setting, with the waterfront subject framed more as atmosphere than documented activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but the exact object and waterfront structure should be identified separately for copyright, property, and location-sensitive uses.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 San Diego 8mm harbor sunset, vintage California waterfront home movie, silhouetted anchor water, and distant lighthouse pier footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel harbor material, then other 1962 San Diego waterfront footage, then broader coastal sunset, maritime object, and California travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing a dark anchor-like form against calm harbor water and a distant lighthouse or pier marker at sunset. — A silhouetted anchor-like object frames calm harbor water and a distant pier light at sunset.

1962 San Diego harbor view on 8mm film, with an anchor-like silhouette, warm sky, rippled water, and distant pier structure. — The anchor-like silhouette remains centered against a warm harbor sunset and distant pier marker.

8mm frame from 1962 San Diego showing a silhouetted maritime object against calm water, sunset color, and a distant pier light. — A dark maritime object is silhouetted over calm water with the pier marker visible near the horizon.

1962 San Diego waterfront footage frame with a dark anchor-like object, calm harbor water, sunset gradient sky, and distant pier light. — The closing frame holds the silhouetted object against sunset water and a small harbor light in the distance.

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