San Diego California-1962: Ships Docked In Harbor With Water Tower And Mountains

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

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Ships Docked In Harbor With Water Tower And Mountains — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of San Diego Harbor from a moving vessel. The footage shows several ships docked at the port, with a prominent water tower and a hazy mountain range in the background under a clear blue sky. The classic Super 8 color palette features rich blues and warm tones, with visible film grain and slight camera shake, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century maritime life. The perspective shifts subtly, suggesting movement across the water, with a small boat later appearing in the distance. This authentic archival clip evokes Americana and historical maritime activity, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 123808430

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: 1960s San Diego harbor footage for productions needing an exterior maritime port view, vessel approach, or mid-century coastal establishing shot.
Period detail: The clip may show early 1960s harbor infrastructure, including docked ships, cranes, a water tower, and low waterfront buildings against mountains.
Home-movie behavior: The viewpoint feels visitor-shot from a moving vessel, with the camera observing the harbor casually rather than documenting a staged event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue harbor water, docked ships, a water tower, shoreline buildings, cranes, mountains, and a small boat in the distance.
Film character: The 8mm image has saturated blues, soft focus, handheld drift, gate edges, grain, and exposure variation consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, harbor transition, travel-memory beat, or cutaway for San Diego maritime context.
Historical context: The footage places recreational or passenger movement near working harbor activity, showing ships and port structures from the waterline.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are evident, but copyright, vessel identification, and location/property context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960s San Diego harbor 8mm, vintage port ships, home movie waterfront, and California maritime footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other San Diego 1962 material, then broader 1960s California harbor or coastal travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego Harbor view from the water, with docked ships, a water tower, shoreline structures, and hazy mountains. — Docked harbor vessels and a water tower appear across the blue water.

1962 San Diego Harbor seen from a moving vessel, with docked ships, a water tower, mountains, and a small boat near the right edge. — The harbor shoreline passes by with ships, mountains, and a small boat visible.

1962 San Diego Harbor footage showing docked vessels, a water tower, a small boat on the water, and mountains behind the port. — A small boat moves across the harbor near docked ships and the water tower.

1962 San Diego Harbor view with larger docked vessels, cranes, industrial waterfront structures, and dark film framing. — Cranes and larger vessels fill the harbor view near the end of the clip.

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