San Diego California-1963: A Ship Docked At Port And Passengers In Life Jackets Talking

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 San Diego California

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A Ship Docked At Port And Passengers In Life Jackets Talking — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a large ship docked at a port in San Diego, California. The footage transitions to a group of people indoors, likely on a cruise, wearing life jackets and conversing in a cabin. The grainy, color-bleached aesthetic with purple and blue tints is characteristic of Super 8 film from the era. The scene evokes a sense of mid-century travel and leisure, with individuals dressed in period-appropriate casual wear. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into 1960s maritime recreation and family vacations.

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: 123809839

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: 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 1112 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: knotts berry farm,zoo,san diego,mary,park,phillip
Reel-level year note: 1963
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1963 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: Supports 1960s editorial sequences about San Diego maritime travel, shipboard leisure, port departures, or home-movie vacation material.
Period detail: The clothing, life jackets, shipboard interior, and color 8mm look support an early-1960s leisure-travel setting, with San Diego and 1963 supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage preserves an informal passenger viewpoint, moving from a docked ship to adults casually talking while wearing life jackets indoors.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large ship at a pier, harbor water, adults in orange life jackets, a cabin-like room, curtains, tables, chairs, and bright window light.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure shifts, purple-blue fading, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, travel-memory beat, safety-drill insert, or transition between harbor exterior and shipboard passenger activity.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century recreational travel through personal footage, showing passengers gathered in a ship interior rather than a formal staged scene.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed separately from copyright status or source ownership.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1963 San Diego 8mm ship docked, cruise passengers life jackets, vintage harbor home movie, and 1960s maritime travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1963 San Diego harbor footage, then broader 1960s cruise, vacation, and passenger-safety material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 San Diego home-movie frame showing a large ship moored at port, seen from a shaded dockside angle across harbor water. — A large vessel sits docked at the harbor at the start of the clip.

Adults in life jackets converse inside a shipboard-looking room, with curtains, windows, tables, and chairs visible in the background. — Passengers gather indoors while wearing life jackets and talking.

Ship passengers appear to chat informally during a life-jacket moment in a bright interior with tables, chairs, and curtained windows. — The camera frames the group from behind one passenger in a white dress.

A final 1963 home-movie frame shows adults in orange life jackets gathered in a shipboard interior, continuing an informal conversation. — Passengers remain gathered indoors as the brief life-jacket scene ends.

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