San Diego California-1962: Industrial Ships And Small Boats Sailing In Harbor

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

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Industrial Ships And Small Boats Sailing In Harbor — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a bustling San Diego harbor under a clear blue sky. Large industrial ships and cargo vessels are docked at the port, with cranes and warehouse buildings lining the waterfront. A small boat with people aboard moves across the water, leaving a wake. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a slightly faded look, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century maritime activity and transportation.

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: 123808453

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s editorial or documentary requests needing San Diego harbor activity, industrial waterfronts, docked ships, cranes, and small boat movement from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century harbor infrastructure, docked industrial vessels, cranes, warehouse-like waterfront buildings, and small craft that fit the supplied 1962 San Diego metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot harbor viewpoint, with handheld framing across water toward working docks and small boats passing through the foreground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue harbor water, docked ships, cranes, warehouse roofs, silhouetted masts, a small motorboat, shoreline structures, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries blue color shift, soft focus, coarse grain, gate edges, and handheld exposure changes that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief establishing insert, maritime cutaway, transition beat, or period texture between broader San Diego or transportation sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually places leisure or visitor observation beside an active industrial harbor, without identifying specific ships, facilities, or events.
Research note: People may be visible on the small boat, so likeness review may be needed; no obvious brands appear, and copyright clearance remains separate from visible-person or property concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 San Diego harbor 8mm footage, industrial ships at port, cranes on waterfront, small boats in bay, and vintage California maritime home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1962 San Diego harbor material, then with broader 1960s port, shipyard, waterfront, and small-boat footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego harbor view across blue water toward docked industrial vessels, cranes, and waterfront structures on 8mm film. — Docked ships and cranes line the harbor beyond blue water.

San Diego harbor waterfront in 1962, showing a large docked vessel, crane silhouettes, and blue water through dark 8mm frame edges. — A large vessel sits along the industrial waterfront under a blue sky.

A small boat moves across San Diego harbor water in front of docked industrial ships, cranes, and waterfront structures in 1962 home-movie footage. — A small boat passes between the camera and the working harbor docks.

Small motorboat crossing the 1962 San Diego harbor foreground, with docked ships, cranes, and masts along the industrial waterfront behind it. — A small boat moves across the foreground with ships and cranes behind.

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