San Diego California-1962: Industrial Waterfront View From Boat with Water Tower

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Industrial Waterfront View From Boat with Water Tower — Clip Details

Shot from a boat on a sunny day in 1962, this vintage 8mm film captures a panoramic view of San Diego's industrial waterfront. The camera glides past a prominent water tower, factories, and docks along the riverbank, with calm blue water in the foreground. The footage features classic Super 8 film grain, saturated colors, and a nostalgic, home-movie aesthetic, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century coastal industry.

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: 123808387

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 editorial projects needing a brief San Diego industrial waterfront view from a small boat or harbor crossing.
Period detail: The frames show low waterfront buildings, docks, a tall water tower, and moored vessels consistent with the supplied 1962 San Diego setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot boat perspective, with the shoreline drifting through frame rather than a staged industrial survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue harbor water, a water tower, dock structures, low industrial buildings, trees, moored boats, and distant shoreline utilities.
Film character: The 8mm image has saturated blue color, soft focus, visible grain, gate shadows, and handheld motion typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a waterfront establishing insert, harbor transition, industrial cutaway, or brief memory beat within a 1960s sequence.
Historical context: The view documents a working coastal edge where utility structures, docks, small craft, and industrial buildings sit close to the water.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location identification, and property context should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 San Diego waterfront 8mm, California harbor water tower, vintage industrial shoreline, and boat view of docks.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1962 San Diego material, then broader mid-century harbor and industrial waterfront footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego harbor view from a boat, showing blue water, low waterfront buildings, and a tall water tower beyond the shoreline. — A boat passes an industrial waterfront with a prominent water tower across the harbor.

Boat-shot 1962 San Diego waterfront frame with a water tower, dockside buildings, and calm blue harbor water in front. — The shoreline slides past with the water tower and industrial buildings set back from the harbor.

1962 San Diego harbor view with moored boats, trees, and low waterfront buildings seen from a moving boat. — Moored craft and low buildings appear along the waterfront beyond the blue harbor surface.

Final 1962 San Diego waterfront frame showing boats, trees, low buildings, and a utility pole across the harbor. — The boat view continues past a shoreline with small vessels, trees, and waterfront structures.

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