San Diego California-1962: Naval Ship Docked at Busy Harbor

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

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Naval Ship Docked at Busy Harbor — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a naval ship docked at a busy San Diego harbor. The footage shows the vessel moored alongside industrial piers with cranes and warehouses under a clear blue sky. The water reflects the bright sunlight, and the film's characteristic blue tint and grain add to its authentic retro feel. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century maritime activity and port life.

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: 123808443

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 documentary or editorial requests needing a brief naval-port establishing shot.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century harbor infrastructure, cranes, warehouses, and a naval vessel, consistent with the 1962 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot waterfront perspective, observing the ship and working pier from across the water without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue harbor water, a moored naval ship, pier structures, cranes, warehouses, dock silhouettes, and bright sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries blue color shift, soft focus, grain, gate edges, and slight handheld movement as part of its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, maritime transition, or memory beat within a sequence about San Diego port activity.
Historical context: The view places military maritime presence beside industrial dock work, without identifying a specific vessel, pier, or operation.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but the naval subject and dock setting may still require contextual rights review.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1962 8mm San Diego harbor, naval ship at dock, vintage port cranes, and California waterfront home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then San Diego 1962 harbor material, then broader naval, port, and industrial waterfront footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego harbor view with a naval ship moored near cranes, pier structures, and low industrial buildings. — A moored naval ship sits near cranes and waterfront buildings across the harbor.

San Diego harbor frame showing a naval vessel at the pier with a crane, warehouse roofline, and sunlit water. — The naval vessel remains moored beside industrial harbor structures.

1962 San Diego waterfront view with a docked naval ship, industrial pier equipment, warehouses, and blue water. — A wider harbor angle shows the ship, cranes, and industrial waterfront.

San Diego harbor footage showing a naval ship near silhouetted dock structures, cranes, and rippling water. — The ship is framed against darker dock structures and cranes at the harbor edge.

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