Long Beach California USA-1971: View Of Port Side And The Lifeboats Of A

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

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View Of Port Side And The Lifeboats Of A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures the port side of a classic ocean liner docked in Long Beach, California. The iconic red and black smokestack stands tall above white lifeboats mounted on the deck, with a distinctive white radar dome visible. The footage, framed by the dark edges of a window or porthole, shows a slow pan across the ship's midsection, highlighting its elegant Art Deco design and maritime safety features. The grainy, slightly faded color palette evokes a strong sense of nostalgia and mid-century travel history.

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: 123060618

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 views of an ocean liner docked in Long Beach.
Period detail: The red-and-black funnel, white lifeboats, radar dome, and liner deck details may show mid-century passenger-ship design as filmed in 1971.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, framed through dark window or porthole edges while the camera pans across the ship rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white lifeboats, davits, railings, deck openings, a radar dome, rigging lines, and a red-and-black smokestack.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft grain, faded color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the home-movie character of the scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime cutaway, travel-memory insert, location transition, or detail shot between wider Long Beach or ocean-liner scenes.
Historical context: The footage records how a docked passenger ship appeared to a visitor in Long Beach, with emphasis on deck hardware and safety equipment.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but ship design, location claims, copyright, and any property considerations should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 Long Beach ocean liner footage, 8mm ship lifeboats, vintage passenger ship deck, and home movie maritime travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1971 Long Beach harbor material, then broader vintage ocean-liner or maritime travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Long Beach home-movie frame showing an ocean liner's port side, lifeboat, radar dome, rigging, and red-and-black funnel. — Port-side deck details, lifeboat, radar dome, and funnel seen through dark frame edges.

1971 Long Beach view of the liner's side with a suspended lifeboat, davits, railings, radar dome, and partial red funnel. — Lifeboat and deck structures pass through the frame during the slow pan.

1971 Long Beach frame showing a close port-side view of lifeboat equipment, railings, deck openings, and the white radar dome. — The pan centers on the ship's lifeboat mounts and layered deck openings.

1971 Long Beach home-movie frame with the liner's port side, white lifeboat, rigging, railings, rows of windows, and red-and-black funnel. — A wider deck section shows lifeboats, rigging, windows, and the funnel near the end of the pan.

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