San Diego California-1962: View Of Seaport And Blue Ocean Water On A Sunny Day

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

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View Of Seaport And Blue Ocean Water On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of a bustling seaport in San Diego, California. The clip shows large cargo ships docked along the waterfront, with towering cranes lining the industrial shoreline under a clear blue sky. The deep blue ocean water ripples gently in the foreground, while the grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, mid-century American atmosphere. This archival footage offers a glimpse into the city's maritime history during the early 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123808405

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: Supports requests for early 1960s San Diego maritime, harbor, or industrial waterfront footage for documentary inserts, educational timelines, or place-setting edits.
Period detail: The frame may show a 1962 harbor scene with large docked vessels, shipyard cranes, and open water, consistent with mid-century color 8mm home-movie coverage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot shoreline perspective, holding on distant ships and cranes across the water rather than staging action or focusing on people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue harbor water, docked cargo or naval-looking ships, tug-like boats, tall cranes, industrial shoreline structures, and clear sky.
Film character: The 8mm image has saturated blue color, soft focus, visible grain, dark frame edges, and slight handheld instability that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief establishing insert, maritime cutaway, waterfront transition, or period memory beat for San Diego or West Coast harbor stories.
Historical context: The scene visually places San Diego beside working waterfront infrastructure, showing ships and cranes as part of the city’s maritime landscape.
Research note: No people or logos are visible in the sampled frames, but researchers should still confirm copyright status and any vessel or port identification needs.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 San Diego harbor 8mm footage, vintage seaport home movie, blue ocean waterfront ships, and 1960s California maritime view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 San Diego material, then broader California harbor or industrial waterfront footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego harbor view with blue water in the foreground and docked ships and cranes along the distant waterfront. — Ships and dockside cranes seen across the harbor water.

A San Diego waterfront view shows rippling blue water, distant vessels, cranes, and low industrial structures in soft 8mm color. — Distant vessels and cranes line the waterfront beyond blue water.

A 1962 San Diego seaport view holds on blue harbor water with ships, cranes, and waterfront structures in the distance. — Harbor water foregrounds ships and cranes at the dock.

The frame shows San Diego harbor water with distant ships, dockside cranes, and a clear sky, recorded in soft 8mm color. — A wide home-movie view of ships and cranes across the harbor.

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