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Tall Ship Moving Slowly on Sparkling Ocean (Huntington Beach, 2020)

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps Ocean Huntington Beach, California, United States 2020
No people visible. No identifiable people are visible in this clip. Commercial clearance still depends on the final use and any property shown.

About this clip

A tall ship glides across the sparkling ocean waters at Huntington Beach, California in 2020. This vintage-style clip offers a serene, cinematic moment ideal for storytelling, nature themes, or nostalgic content.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
This Huntington Beach ocean clip fits documentary coast segments, travel edits, agency mood reels, brand films, and social cuts that need a distant ship silhouette beyond bright surf.
Edit role
Use it as a short opener, transition, or reflective cutaway between beach action shots, with enough wave movement and horizon detail to bridge scenes without adding people or dialogue.
Visual details
Bright sun reflections scatter across dark ocean water, rolling foreground waves fill the lower frame, and a distant tall ship silhouette sits near the horizon with no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The ground-camera composition layers foamy foreground surf, midground swells, a level horizon, and the small ship in the background, with the subject held wide against glare on the water.

Tags

beautifulgracefulsparklingblack and whitecalmingtallshipmovingslowingoceanwaternaturehuntington BEACH californiab-rolldigitalabstractamateurintrovideography

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
70 MB
Location
Huntington Beach, California, United States
Year filmed
2020
Published
Jun 2026

Still Frames From This Clip

4 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.

At Huntington Beach, a small distant ship silhouette sits near the horizon beyond glittering ocean waves, with no visible people.
The opening frame shows the ship held far offshore behind bright bands of surf. (0:00)
At Huntington Beach, the distant ship appears near the center horizon as sun glare spreads across the water and low surf breaks in front, with no visible people.
This frame emphasizes the bright water reflections around the distant ship. (0:01)
At Huntington Beach, the ship sits toward the right side of the horizon while choppy waves and silver water reflections fill the foreground, with no visible people.
The third frame shows the ship offset against a wider band of active surf. (0:02)
At Huntington Beach, the distant ship returns toward the left horizon while broad reflective surf bands fill the lower frame, with no visible people.
This frame gives editors a wide ocean texture with the ship small in the background. (0:03)

License this clip royalty-free for $79 (Standard: all media, worldwide, perpetual, up to 1M views) or $199 (Extended: unlimited distribution, broadcast TV, theatrical). Instant 4K download with a license PDF, direct from filmmaker Phil Maher.