San Diego California-1962: Large White Ship Sails Through Calm Blue Water

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

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Large White Ship Sails Through Calm Blue Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a large white passenger ship sailing across calm blue waters, likely viewed from another vessel. The footage shows the ship from multiple angles as it moves through the ocean, its white hull and prominent smokestack standing out against the horizon. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus are characteristic of Super 8 film from the early 1960s, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century maritime travel. The clip is framed by dark borders, suggesting it was filmed through a window or viewfinder.

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: 123808064

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: Useful for 1960s maritime travel, ocean liner, San Diego-area harbor, or home-movie travel sequences needing brief authentic passenger-ship footage.
Period detail: The white passenger ship, single funnel, soft color, and 8mm framing support an early-1960s leisure or transport setting, with San Diego supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel from another vessel or window, tracking a distant ship without staged action or visible passengers.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white passenger ship, calm blue water, open horizon, dark frame borders, a smokestack, deck structures, and soft sky.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, slight color fading, soft focus, handheld framing, and gate-edge borders that give it clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a maritime insert, travel transition, ocean cutaway, or memory beat between San Diego or shipboard scenes.
Historical context: The clip visually situates mid-century sea travel through a distant passenger vessel on open water, without identifying the ship or voyage.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but ship identity and copyright status should be checked separately for intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 8mm ship footage, San Diego ocean liner home movie, vintage passenger ship at sea, and calm blue water travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1962 San Diego coastal footage, then broader vintage ship, ocean travel, and maritime home-movie clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing a soft-focused white passenger ship across calm blue water, partly bordered by dark frame edges. — A white passenger ship passes across calm blue water, seen through dark frame borders.

The ship appears closer in profile, with decks and funnel visible above the white hull.

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing a distant white passenger ship near the horizon, filmed over rippling blue water. — The passenger ship recedes toward the horizon across a wide expanse of water.

1962 San Diego 8mm frame with a small white passenger ship on the horizon and dark borders from the film or filming position. — A distant white ship moves along the horizon above textured blue water.

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