San Diego California-1962: Naval Ships Docked With Heavy Cranes

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

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Naval Ships Docked With Heavy Cranes — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a bustling San Diego harbor under a clear blue sky. Large naval or cargo ships are docked at the pier, with industrial cranes looming in the background. The footage, viewed through a dark frame, shows slight camera movement and the characteristic grain and color saturation of Super 8 film. The scene evokes a sense of mid-century maritime activity and industrial strength, with calm water reflecting the vessels and structures.

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: 123808439

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 archival requests needing San Diego harbor, naval dock, shipyard, or maritime-industrial establishing footage.
Period detail: The scene may show mid-century naval or cargo vessels, pier structures, and heavy dockside cranes consistent with the 1962 San Diego metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot harbor viewpoint, observing docked ships from across the water without staged action or visible participants.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm harbor water, large docked vessels, pier buildings, heavy cranes, masts, rigging, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated blue color, coarse grain, soft focus, slight jitter, and dark gate edges that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or cutaway for maritime labor, naval presence, port infrastructure, or San Diego memory sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually situates San Diego as an active harbor environment with ships and industrial lifting equipment along the waterfront.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but naval or shipyard subjects may still require copyright, location, or contextual review.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1962 8mm San Diego harbor, naval ships docked, shipyard cranes, vintage waterfront, and home-movie port footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1962 San Diego harbor clips, then broader naval, dock, crane, and maritime industry footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego harbor view showing docked naval or cargo ships, pier structures, and heavy cranes across the water. — Ships sit beside cranes and waterfront structures in a blue-toned harbor view.

San Diego harbor footage from 1962 showing a large docked vessel, nearby cranes, and industrial waterfront structures. — A large vessel is moored near dockside cranes and low harbor buildings.

Blue 8mm harbor scene in San Diego, 1962, with docked ships, industrial cranes, and waterfront structures in the distance. — Docked vessels and cranes line the waterfront beyond rippled harbor water.

1962 San Diego harbor frame with moored ships, crane silhouettes, pier buildings, and dark 8mm gate edges. — Moored ships and crane silhouettes appear across the harbor under a clear sky.

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