Long Beach California USA-1971: Queen Mary Docked At Port

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

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Queen Mary Docked At Port — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures the iconic Queen Mary cruise ship docked at Long Beach, California. The footage shows the massive ocean liner with its distinctive red and black funnels and a string of signal flags fluttering from the mast. The view is framed by dark edges, suggesting a home movie perspective, with palm fronds visible in the foreground. Later frames reveal a sign for the 'Queen Mary Tour,' confirming the ship's status as a tourist attraction. The grainy, slightly faded color palette evokes a strong sense of nostalgia and mid-century Americana.

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: 123060475

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 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: Useful for 1970s archival requests needing visitor-shot Long Beach Queen Mary exterior footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial context.
Period detail: The docked ocean liner, signal flags, tour signage, faded color, and casual visitor area support an early-1970s tourist-attraction setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, with the ship framed through dark edges and a brief look toward the Queen Mary Tour entrance area.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Queen Mary bow, red-and-black funnel, signal flags, dock structures, palm fronds, tour sign, railings, columns, and visitors.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, travel-memory beat, location cutaway, or transition into Queen Mary or Long Beach material.
Historical context: The frames show the Queen Mary as a public-facing dockside attraction in Long Beach rather than an active sea voyage scene.
Research note: People and Queen Mary Tour signage are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location-use review may be needed in addition to copyright clearance.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 8mm Queen Mary Long Beach footage, vintage California port home movie, and 1970s ocean liner tourist attraction.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel footage, then Long Beach or 1971 California material, then broader ocean-liner, port, and tourism scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Long Beach home-movie view of the Queen Mary bow, funnel, mast, and signal flags, partly framed by dark foreground edges. — Queen Mary seen from a visitor viewpoint with signal flags over the bow.

Queen Mary docked at Long Beach in 1971, with bow, funnel, mast, and flags visible through dark home-movie framing. — The ocean liner remains centered while dark foreground edges partly obscure the view.

Soft 8mm view of the Queen Mary bow at Long Beach, with mast, signal flags, funnel, and dock elements visible. — A slightly soft frame shows the ship's bow, mast, and signal flags at the dock.

1971 Long Beach visitor-area view with a Queen Mary Tour sign, arrow, railings, columns, and several people near the entrance. — A Queen Mary Tour sign points visitors through the dockside entrance area.

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