California USA-1952: A Group Of People On Deck Looking Out Into The Harbor And

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Group Of People On Deck Looking Out Into The Harbor And — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from California USA in 1952 shows a group of people on the deck of a large passenger vessel, likely a steamship, at a harbor. The individuals, dressed in period attire, lean on the railing and gaze out toward the water under a bright blue sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight blurriness, and natural color fading typical of mid-century home movies. A prominent ship's wheel emblem is visible on the white superstructure, and the vessel is docked near a large building with 'GENEVA STEAMSHIP' partially legible. The scene captures a moment of travel and leisure, evoking nostalgia for mid-20th century maritime journeys.

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: 122621604

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 1234 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: miss universe
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1952 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: Useful for 1950s California travel, harbor, and passenger-vessel sequences needing brief home-movie evidence of maritime leisure and embarkation.
Period detail: Period clothing, 8mm color stock, white ship superstructure, deck railings, and a partially legible steamship sign may show early-1950s harbor travel culture.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual passenger viewpoint, with adults leaning over a deck rail and looking out toward the harbor rather than performing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include passengers at a ship railing, a white superstructure, a ship-wheel emblem, blue sky, a docked vessel, harbor water, pier timbers, and a large waterfront building.
Film character: Soft focus, uneven exposure, visible grain, gate edges, and color fading give the clip the texture of scanned mid-century 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, travel transition, harbor cutaway, or memory beat between scenes of passenger travel and waterfront arrival.
Historical context: The clip visually places leisure travelers and dock activity in a mid-century California harbor setting without proving the vessel, company, or exact terminal identity.
Research note: People and a partially legible ship or terminal name are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location-identification review may be needed apart from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s California harbor home movies, 8mm passenger ship deck, vintage steamship travel, docked vessel, and waterfront terminal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel shots, then other California 1952 harbor material, then broader mid-century passenger ship and dockside leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California 8mm frame showing adults on a vessel deck, with a white ship structure and wheel emblem partly visible above them. — Passengers lean along a deck rail on a large vessel under bright sky.

1952 California harbor footage frame with several adults leaning at a vessel railing below a prominent ship-wheel emblem. — A small group of passengers looks outward from the ship deck.

1952 California 8mm harbor view showing a dark-hulled vessel moored near a pier and large waterfront building. — A moored vessel sits beside a waterfront terminal or dock building.

1952 California harbor frame showing a docked vessel, pier, and large building with partially legible steamship signage. — The harbor view includes a docked vessel and a building with steamship lettering.

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