San Diego California-1962: Men Boarding Ferry Named Norms Land and Sea Fisher

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

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Men Boarding Ferry Named Norms Land and Sea Fisher — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day at a San Diego harbor. A small white ferry named 'NORMS LAND' docks at a wooden pier, with several men in casual attire boarding and disembarking. The boat, later seen with 'SEA FISHER SAN PEDRO' on its side, moves through the blue water under a clear sky. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and a handheld perspective, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century maritime life and leisure in Southern California.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123808496

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 Southern California harbor, ferry, small-boat, or maritime leisure sequences needing authentic 8mm home-movie coverage.
Period detail: The clip shows a small ferry or workboat at a wooden pier, casual menswear, painted boat names, and mid-century harbor infrastructure visible in the supplied 1962 San Diego metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld view observes men boarding and standing near the dock without staging, giving the scene a casual visitor-shot harbor perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue harbor water, a wooden pier, white boarding ramp, dock pilings, men on the pier, a small white boat, and painted boat names.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated blue water, soft focus, visible grain, rounded frame edges, slight fading, and handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief insert, harbor transition, maritime cutaway, or memory beat for travel, waterfront, or small-boat sequences.
Historical context: The footage reflects everyday dockside movement and small-vessel activity in a Southern California harbor rather than a documented public event.
Research note: People and boat names are visible, so likeness, trademark, and vessel-name identification may need review separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Search matches include 1962 San Diego harbor 8mm, men boarding ferry, Southern California dock home movie, and small boat at pier footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other San Diego 1962 harbor clips, then broader 1960s boating, ferry, and waterfront home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego harbor view of men near a small white boat and wooden dock, seen through soft 8mm frame edges. — Men stand near the boarding ramp as a small boat sits alongside the pier.

Small harbor boat at a San Diego pier, with men gathered near the ramp and blue water in the background. — The boat remains at the dock while several men stand near the gangway.

Home-movie view of a small boat at a wooden San Diego harbor pier, with men beside the ramp and visible film edge shadowing. — A handheld 8mm frame shows the boat, ramp, dock pilings, and men at the pier.

Boat stern marked SEA FISHER SAN PEDRO near a dock, with blue water and pier structures in the frame. — The stern of the boat marked SEA FISHER appears as it moves or sits near the dock.

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