San Diego California-1962: Boat Moving Across The Ocean With Lighthouse In The Background

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

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Boat Moving Across The Ocean With Lighthouse In The... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene ocean view from a fixed perspective, likely through a window frame. A white lighthouse stands on a rocky jetty in the distance, with a small speedboat moving across the water in the foreground. The scene unfolds under a clear, pale blue sky, with the film's characteristic grain, slight blur, and subtle scratches adding to its nostalgic, archival quality. The consistent framing and gentle motion evoke a quiet, reflective moment from mid-century America.

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: 123808260

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 1960s California coastal footage for documentary inserts, maritime cutaways, travel-history sequences, or quiet establishing moments around San Diego waterfront settings.
Period detail: The scene may show a mid-century harbor or coastal view, with a distant lighthouse structure, rocky jetty, small boat traffic, and soft 8mm color consistent with the 1962 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The fixed, slightly obstructed framing suggests a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, likely filming a recognizable coastal feature from a window, boat, or sheltered vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open ocean, pale blue sky, a white lighthouse, a rocky breakwater or jetty, a small speedboat, wake lines, dark frame edges, and film gate borders.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm home-movie texture through soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, blue-green color shift, and occasional dust or scratch marks.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm coastal insert, harbor transition, lighthouse cutaway, or reflective memory beat within a 1960s travel or maritime sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents recreational coastal viewing and small-boat movement in a Southern California setting without showing people, signage, or identifiable commercial activity.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and confirm any location or landmark identification before publication.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 San Diego 8mm lighthouse footage, California coastal home movie, small boat near jetty, and vintage ocean harbor cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1962 San Diego or California coast material, then with lighthouse, harbor, boating, and ocean-travel themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego coastal home-movie frame showing a distant white lighthouse, rocky jetty, blue ocean, and pale sky through dark frame edges. — A distant lighthouse stands on a rocky jetty beyond the open water.

1962 San Diego coastal view with a lighthouse on a jetty and a small speedboat wake moving across the water at right. — A small boat passes near the distant lighthouse and breakwater.

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing a distant lighthouse and breakwater across calm blue ocean under a clear pale sky. — The lighthouse remains centered beyond the ocean as the home-movie camera holds steady.

1962 San Diego coastal frame with lighthouse, long jetty, ocean horizon, and a small boat or wake at the right edge. — A boat wake crosses the right side of the frame near the lighthouse and jetty.

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