Long Beach California USA-1971: Large Ocean Liner Docked At Port

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationLong Beach, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 California

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Large Ocean Liner Docked At Port — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a large ocean liner docked at Long Beach, California. The iconic white and black vessel, adorned with a string of colorful signal flags, sits at the pier under a hazy sky. Palm trees frame the right side of the view, emphasizing the Southern California setting. The footage, with its characteristic film grain and soft color palette, offers a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century maritime travel and port life.

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: 123060461

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1758 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: III-02,sacto state
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: california,sacramento
Date: 1971 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: Long Beach, 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: 1971 8mm home-movie footage for editorial uses needing a Southern California port view with a large ocean liner docked at Long Beach.
Period detail: The docked black-and-white passenger vessel, signal flags, palm-lined pier, and soft 8mm color may show early 1970s leisure travel and harbor sightseeing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint from shore, holding on the ship as a travel memory rather than a staged maritime record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the ocean liner bow, white upper decks, dark hull, signal flags, pier structures, harbor water, hazy sky, and palm fronds at frame edge.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, mild gate softness, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that give the port scene a home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, travel-memory cutaway, harbor transition, or visual bridge into maritime tourism or Long Beach material.
Historical context: The view places a large passenger ship at a public waterfront setting, suggesting port leisure and shipwatching without identifying a specific voyage or event.
Research note: No people, faces, or readable logos are visible, but users should still assess copyright, ship identification, and location/property context for their intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1971 Long Beach 8mm ocean liner, California port home movie, vintage passenger ship docked, and harbor travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1971 Long Beach footage, then broader 1970s harbor, ocean liner, and Southern California travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Long Beach home-movie frame showing a large black-and-white ocean liner docked under a hazy sky. — A large passenger vessel sits at the Long Beach waterfront with signal flags raised.

Long Beach 1971 8mm view of a docked ocean liner, seen from a shore path or waterfront overlook. — The ship remains docked beside the pier, framed by water, sky, and palm leaves.

Closer 1971 Long Beach frame showing the ocean liner bow, white decks, dark hull, and signal flags. — A tighter view emphasizes the ship's bow, upper decks, and flag line.

1971 Long Beach 8mm frame of a large ocean liner docked at port, with palm fronds just outside the main view. — The vessel is held in frame from the waterfront as it sits moored at the pier.

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