San Diego California-1962: Very High Cruiser Ship Sailing In A Calm And Pacific

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

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Very High Cruiser Ship Sailing In A Calm And Pacific — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a large white ocean liner sailing calmly on the Pacific. The clip, filmed from a distance, shows the ship’s classic mid-century design with multiple decks, a prominent smokestack, and cranes, moving steadily across the blue water under a clear sky. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight motion blur, and a soft color palette typical of 8mm home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse of maritime travel. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring 1960s transportation and ocean voyages.

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: 123808060

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 1960s documentary or editorial requests needing a brief maritime travel view of an ocean liner off San Diego.
Period detail: The white multi-deck liner, single prominent funnel, deck cranes, and 8mm color rendering support a mid-century passenger-ship period feel.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a distant visitor-shot home movie, observing the ship from shore or another vessel without staging or narration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white ocean liner, blue Pacific water, clear sky, tall funnel, deck railings, masts or cranes, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, mild blur, and warm 8mm color give the footage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing cutaway, travel insert, maritime transition, or memory beat for mid-century ocean travel.
Historical context: The view suggests leisure or passenger maritime travel in Southern California, while the ship name and exact route are not identifiable from the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable ship markings are visible, but copyright, vessel identity, and any location or property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 8mm ocean liner footage, San Diego harbor ship home movie, white passenger ship at sea, and Pacific maritime travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other San Diego 1962 footage, then broader 1960s ocean travel or maritime transportation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego home-movie frame showing a distant white ocean liner crossing calm Pacific water under a clear sky. — A white multi-deck ocean liner moves across calm blue water.

White passenger liner seen from a distance off San Diego, with stacked decks, a tall funnel, and calm Pacific water. — The ship remains distant, showing its broad white hull and upper decks.

8mm frame of a large white ocean liner off San Diego, with several decks, a funnel, and soft handheld focus. — A closer view emphasizes the liner's decks and central funnel.

Final 1962 home-movie frame showing the white liner broadside on calm Pacific water, with deck rows and funnel visible. — The liner passes broadside across the water in soft 8mm color.

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