Long Beach California USA-1971: Cruise Ship With Red Smokestack On Gloomy Day

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

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Cruise Ship With Red Smokestack On Gloomy Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a gloomy, overcast day at Long Beach, California, with views of a large cruise ship. The footage shows the ship's white superstructure, a prominent red and black smokestack, and a lifeboat mounted on the side. The perspective appears to be from another vessel, with dark framing suggesting a view through a window or porthole. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of mid-20th century maritime travel.

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: 123060583

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: Useful for 1970s editorial or documentary requests needing visitor-shot maritime travel footage from Long Beach, California.
Period detail: The ship's painted funnel, white superstructure, enclosed vantage point, and 8mm color texture support an early 1970s cruise or passenger-vessel setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a traveler filming a nearby ship from behind a window or railing on another vessel.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a white ship superstructure, red-and-black smokestack, lifeboat, railings, deck equipment, rigging lines, and dark window framing.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft grain, muted overcast exposure, slight handheld framing, and warm color shifts typical of home-movie travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a maritime travel insert, harbor transition, establishing cutaway, or brief memory beat within a 1970s travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects leisure or passenger travel seen from a personal camera perspective rather than a formal publicity or news view.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or readable branding are visible, but vessel identity, property context, and copyright status should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 8mm Long Beach cruise ship, 1970s passenger vessel, red smokestack ship, and vintage harbor travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1971 Long Beach views, then broader 1970s cruise, harbor, or passenger-ship material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Long Beach home-movie view of a white ship side with lifeboat and railings, partly framed by dark interior edges. — White ship side and mounted lifeboat viewed through a dark framed opening.

1971 Long Beach view of a cruise or passenger ship's white deck structures, lifeboat, vents, and railings through a dark frame. — Deck structures and lifeboat on a white passenger ship under gray sky.

1971 Long Beach home-movie frame showing a red-and-black smokestack rising behind the ship's white structures and lifeboat. — Red-and-black funnel stands above the ship's white deck structures.

1971 Long Beach view of a passenger ship with a red-and-black smokestack, white structures, rigging lines, and lifeboat details. — Ship funnel and deck equipment fill the frame as seen from another vessel.

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