San Diego California-1962: Passenger Ship Sailing on Calm Blue Waters

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

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Passenger Ship Sailing on Calm Blue Waters — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a large white passenger ship sailing across calm blue waters under a hazy sky. The footage, framed by dark borders typical of Super 8 film, shows the vessel moving steadily across the horizon, its silhouette gradually shifting as it travels. The scene evokes a sense of peaceful travel and mid-century leisure, with gentle waves and a serene atmosphere. This archival clip offers authentic 1960s Americana, perfect for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical storytelling.

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: 123808053

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: Useful for requests needing 1960s San Diego coastal travel footage, maritime leisure context, or a brief archival cutaway of a passenger ship at sea.
Period detail: The large white passenger ship, hazy horizon, and 8mm home-movie framing support a 1962 mid-century travel setting without identifying the vessel by name.
Home-movie behavior: The footage reads as visitor-shot observation from shore or another vessel, holding on the ship as it crosses calm water rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white passenger ship, blue ocean swells, hazy sky, distant horizon, dark film borders, and contact-sheet frame divisions.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and dark gate edges give the clip a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime insert, travel transition, coastal establishing detail, or quiet memory beat within a 1960s vacation sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century leisure travel and coastal spectatorship as seen through a home-movie camera, with no people or signage visible in the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable vessel markings are visible, but ship identity and copyright or property-related permissions may still require separate review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 8mm San Diego passenger ship, vintage ocean liner at sea, calm blue water home movie, and 1960s coastal travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel shots, then other 1962 San Diego coastal footage, then broader vintage passenger ship or ocean vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego home-movie frame showing a distant white passenger ship crossing calm blue water under a pale hazy sky. — A white passenger ship sits low on the horizon across calm blue water.

1962 San Diego 8mm frame with a white passenger ship at mid-distance on calm ocean water, partially bordered by the film gate. — The passenger ship appears farther across the water, with low waves in the foreground.

1962 San Diego home-movie view of a white passenger ship moving along the horizon beyond calm blue water. — The vessel remains near the horizon as the camera holds across the water.

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing a closer side view of a large white passenger ship with decks, masts, and a funnel visible. — A closer side view reveals the ship's white hull, stacked decks, masts, and funnel.

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