Fishing rods frame a small boat moving across the water and leaving a white wake.
1963 · San Francisco, California, United States
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The final frame lingers on textured water and scattered highlights — San Francisco, California, 1963
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- Catalog year
- 1963
- Location
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Image
- Still 4 · 4.60s into the source clip
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A close home-movie view of reflective bay water closes the clip, with grain, soft exposure, and dark frame edges.
The source is catalogued as 8mm home movie. This frame appears 4.60 seconds into the clip. Watch the source footage below to see the surrounding action.
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Source footage and archive context
San Francisco California-1963: Family Fishing at Pier with Boat Passing
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Source format: 8mm.
Browse the collection: 1963 San Francisco California.
Date documentation · estimated
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 documentation · estimated
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.
Source reel 1112
Reel label: knotts berry farm,zoo,san diego,mary,park,phillip
Year note: 1963
Location note: california
Period detail
The 8mm color stock, fishing rods, small working boat, and metadata-supported 1963 San Francisco setting place the scene in early-1960s waterfront life.
Film character
The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight handheld framing, dark edge borders, and exposure shifts that give it physical home-movie texture.
Historical context
The footage documents everyday recreational fishing beside active bay traffic, showing leisure and working-water movement in the same home-movie view.
Research note
People are flagged for the clip, though faces are not discernible in these stills; review copyright status separately from likeness and location concerns.
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