San Diego California-1962: Sailing Past A Lighthouse On An Island

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

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Sailing Past A Lighthouse On An Island — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene maritime journey from a boat's perspective. The sequence opens with a silhouetted anchor in the foreground, framing a distant lighthouse on a small island at sunset. The warm golden light of dusk bathes the calm ocean, with the lighthouse's reflection shimmering on the water. The camera slowly pans, revealing the full structure of the white lighthouse and its surrounding buildings, offering a nostalgic glimpse of San Diego's coastal landscape. The grainy texture and soft color palette evoke a strong sense of mid-century Americana and personal memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123808034

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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: Useful for 1960s coastal California archive requests needing boat-shot lighthouse views, maritime travel atmosphere, or a brief home-movie insert for San Diego shoreline context.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft exposure, boat perspective, and mid-century travel framing support the stated 1962 home-movie context without adding specific landmark claims beyond San Diego metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor perspective from a moving boat, using the anchor and rail-side framing to record a lighthouse and calm water as part of a personal coastal trip.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a silhouetted anchor, calm ocean water, a white lighthouse, low attached buildings, a breakwater or pier, distant shoreline, sky, and water reflections.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, mild gate shadows, warm-to-cool color shifts, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime establishing insert, a nostalgic transition, a coastal cutaway, or a quiet memory beat between travel or harbor scenes.
Historical context: The view suggests leisure or sightseeing along the San Diego coast, showing a lighthouse approached from the water rather than a staged public event or commercial scene.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but lighthouse and shoreline identification should be reviewed separately from copyright and any property-related reuse questions.
Research search match: Searches such as 1962 San Diego 8mm lighthouse, vintage California boat footage, coastal home movie lighthouse, and 1960s ocean travel footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1962 San Diego coastal footage, then broader 1960s boating, harbor, lighthouse, and ocean travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego home-movie frame from a boat, with a dark anchor silhouette against calm water and a distant lighthouse on the horizon. — A silhouetted anchor frames a distant lighthouse across calm coastal water.

1962 San Diego coastal frame showing a white lighthouse and adjacent structures across still water, with its reflection visible. — The lighthouse stands beside the water, reflected in the calm surface.

1962 San Diego boat-shot view with the lighthouse near frame edge, distant shoreline, smooth water, and a low breakwater or pier. — The boat passes the lighthouse as the shoreline stretches across the background.

1962 San Diego coastal home-movie frame showing the lighthouse, nearby buildings, a pier or breakwater, and reflections on calm water. — The lighthouse and nearby structures sit above still water with a clear reflection.

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