Long Beach California USA-1971: A View Of A Big Cruise Ship

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

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A View Of A Big Cruise Ship — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from 1971 captures a large white cruise ship docked in Long Beach, California. The footage shows the ship's side with rows of windows, lifeboats mounted on davits, and railings, viewed through a slightly obscured frame. The grainy, color-tinted image and subtle camera movement evoke a nostalgic, home movie feel, offering a glimpse of mid-century maritime travel 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: 123060687

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 Long Beach 8mm footage suited to requests for cruise ship exteriors, maritime leisure, port travel, or period transportation cutaways.
Period detail: The white ship exterior, davit-mounted lifeboats, rows of rectangular windows, and railings support an early-1970s passenger vessel setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, looking past dark foreground obstructions as the camera studies the docked ship from nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white ship side, long rows of windows, lifeboats, davits, railings, rigging lines, and a partial dockside view.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, warm color shift, mild exposure variation, and handheld framing typical of home-movie material.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a maritime insert, travel transition, harbor cutaway, or brief memory beat within a 1970s coastal sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects leisure travel and passenger-ship viewing in Long Beach without making claims about a specific vessel or voyage.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable branding are visible, but vessel identity, copyright status, and any property-related concerns should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1971 Long Beach cruise ship, vintage 8mm passenger ship exterior, California harbor travel footage, and home movie ocean liner view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel harbor or travel shots, then with 1971 Long Beach material, then with broader cruise, port, and maritime leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Long Beach home-movie frame showing a white passenger ship exterior with lifeboats, railings, and window rows partly obscured in front. — A docked white passenger ship is filmed through dark foreground framing, with lifeboats and rows of windows visible.

1971 Long Beach frame of a large white passenger ship, showing davit-mounted lifeboats, upper railings, and rectangular window rows. — Lifeboats hang above the railings of a large white ship, with long rows of windows along the side.

1971 Long Beach home-movie view of a docked passenger ship, with lifeboats overhead, deck railings, window rows, and harbor water glimpsed nearby. — The camera holds on the ship's side as lifeboats, railings, windows, and a small harbor view come into frame.

1971 Long Beach frame showing the side of a large white passenger ship with lifeboats, railings, rectangular windows, and a partial harbor setting. — A large white passenger ship fills the frame, emphasizing lifeboats, deck railings, and the repeating window pattern.

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