California-1961: Footage Of A Ship In The Sea

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 California

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Footage Of A Ship In The Sea — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this California home movie captures a large ship docked at a coastal port. The footage shows the vessel's white superstructure and railings against a backdrop of forested hills. Two dark vertical structures, possibly pilings or part of a dock, frame the view. A small white building and a few indistinct figures appear in the background, suggesting a quiet waterfront scene. The image quality reflects vintage Super 8 film with natural grain and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American coastal atmosphere.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127408651

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 1740 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: indian pow wow
Reel-level year note: 1961-1966
Reel-level location note: san bernardino,california,slaton sea
Date: 1961 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: 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: 1961 California 8mm footage suited to documentary requests for mid-century coastal port, harbor, or ship cutaways with a home-movie viewpoint.
Period detail: The white ship superstructure, railings, dockside posts, and soft 8mm color may show an early 1960s California waterfront scene without identifiable branding.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from behind dark foreground posts, giving the clip an unstaged visitor-shot view of a docked vessel and hillside shoreline.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large white ship, railings, dark dock posts, wooded hillside, small waterfront buildings, paths, trees, and a few distant figures.
Film character: The footage has 8mm grain, soft focus, mild exposure variation, and handheld framing that give the brief harbor view clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a short establishing insert, memory beat, or transition for coastal travel, port activity, or mid-century California sequences.
Historical context: The scene suggests quiet recreational or working waterfront observation in California, with a large docked vessel set against hills and modest shoreline structures.
Research note: Distant people are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, but copyright and location/property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 California 8mm ship footage, vintage harbor home movie, coastal port vessel, dockside waterfront, and mid-century boat cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other California 1961 waterfront footage, then broader vintage ship, harbor, coastal travel, and home-movie sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 California home-movie frame showing a docked white ship, dark foreground posts, hillside trees, and distant waterfront buildings. — A white ship and dockside posts are seen from a shore vantage point against a wooded hillside.

1961 California waterfront view framed by dark vertical posts, with hillside vegetation, small structures, and a ship edge visible. — Foreground posts partially obscure a hillside shoreline and the side of a docked vessel.

Soft 8mm frame of a California hillside waterfront, with dark foreground posts and a pale dockside structure below. — The camera drifts across trees, paths, and dockside structures near the shoreline.

1961 California home-movie view of a wooded waterfront hillside and pale dockside structure through dark vertical posts. — A wooded slope and waterfront structure remain visible as the handheld view shifts behind posts.

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