San Diego California USA-1949: Pier-Point Landing Long-Beach With Cargo Ship And Classic Cars

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1949 California

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Pier-Point Landing Long-Beach With Cargo Ship And... — Clip Details

Vintage 1949 8mm home movie footage from San Diego, California, showing Pier Point Landing in Long Beach. The clip opens with a hand-written title card dated 11 56, then cuts to a bustling waterfront scene with a large cargo ship docked at the port. Men fish along the pier while classic 1940s automobiles are parked nearby. A prominent metal observation tower stands in the foreground, with industrial cranes visible in the background under a hazy sky. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and authentic 8mm imperfections, capturing a nostalgic moment of mid-century maritime commerce and leisure.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122719063

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 1660 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1949
Reel-level location note: del mar, california,chicago
Date: 1949 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or museum edits needing late-1940s Southern California harbor, pier, fishing, and waterfront leisure material from an 8mm home-movie source.
Period detail: The title card names Pierpoint Landing, Long Beach, and visible clues include period automobiles, industrial harbor cranes, a cargo ship, and men fishing from a pier.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has an unstaged visitor viewpoint, lingering on a waterfront tower, parked cars, fishermen, and harbor activity rather than composed commercial coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a handwritten title card, metal tower, cargo ship, harbor cranes, parked 1940s-style cars, pier railings, fishermen, and hazy water.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, muted color, gate edges, dust specks, mild flicker, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, waterfront cutaway, memory beat, or transition into mid-century port commerce and pier recreation.
Historical context: The footage visually connects leisure fishing with industrial harbor infrastructure, showing visitors and maritime activity sharing the same waterfront space.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no clear logos are visible, and copyright, location, and property issues should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s 8mm Long Beach Pierpoint Landing, Southern California harbor home movie, cargo ship at pier, and vintage waterfront fishing footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1949 Southern California or Long Beach harbor clips, then with pier, shipping, and vintage car scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm title card for Pierpoint Landing, Long Beach, with handwritten lettering and a small 11 56 date notation. — Handwritten Pierpoint Landing Long Beach title card.

Repeated 8mm title card naming Pierpoint Landing, Long Beach, with soft focus, visible frame edges, and dust marks. — Second frame of the handwritten Pierpoint Landing title.

Long Beach waterfront scene with a metal tower in the foreground, parked period cars, fishermen on the pier, cranes, and a cargo ship beyond. — Pier activity beside a harbor tower, parked cars, and cargo ship.

Waterfront view at Pierpoint Landing showing people near the pier, a metal tower, parked cars, harbor cranes, and a cargo ship in hazy light. — People gather near the pier as harbor cranes and a ship sit beyond.

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