San Diego California-1962: Riding In A Boat Looking Out A Window At A Lighthouse

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

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Riding In A Boat Looking Out A Window At A Lighthouse — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene view from a moving boat, looking out through a window frame at a distant lighthouse on a calm body of water. The footage shows the lighthouse initially in focus, then receding into the distance as the boat travels. The scene is bathed in soft, muted light, with a grainy texture and slight color fading typical of Super 8 film. A ship appears on the horizon in later frames, adding to the nostalgic maritime atmosphere. This authentic 1960s home movie offers a peaceful, reflective moment of coastal travel.

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: 123808039

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: 1962 San Diego coastal home-movie footage suited to documentary inserts about boat travel, harbor views, lighthouses, or midcentury leisure on the water.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, soft exposure, window-framed boat viewpoint, and distant lighthouse support an early 1960s amateur travel-film context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a visitor-shot boat passenger perspective, watching the lighthouse slip behind the window frame as the vessel moves across calm water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lighthouse, calm bay water, distant shoreline, boat window mullions, a low horizon, soft sky, and a small ship far off.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, muted color, slight softness, and handheld framing that give the maritime view a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a quiet cutaway, travel transition, harbor establishing insert, or reflective memory beat between coastal scenes.
Historical context: The view places midcentury recreational boat travel within a San Diego harbor setting without showing people, signage, or identifiable commercial activity.
Research note: No people or brands are visible, but lighthouse and vessel identification should be researched separately from copyright and location-use questions.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 San Diego boat ride footage, 8mm lighthouse from boat window, vintage harbor water view, and home movie coastal travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1962 San Diego coastal material, then broader vintage boat, harbor, lighthouse, and water-travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego 8mm frame of a lighthouse across calm water, partly framed by dark boat window mullions. — A lighthouse passes across the boat-window view on calm water.

Boat-window view over San Diego water with the lighthouse mostly out of frame and a distant shoreline on the horizon. — The boat continues past the lighthouse, leaving open water and horizon in view.

1962 San Diego harbor view with a small distant ship on the horizon, filmed through a dark boat window frame. — A small ship appears far across the water beyond the boat window.

Final 1962 San Diego boat-window frame showing calm water, distant shoreline, and a small bright vessel near the horizon. — The view settles on open water with a small vessel near the distant shore.

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