Long Beach California USA-1971: Image Of A Beautiful Ship With Lots Of Windows

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

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Image Of A Beautiful Ship With Lots Of Windows — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a majestic ocean liner docked in Long Beach, California. The clip features a close-up view of the ship's white hull, multiple rows of dark windows, and a prominent black and orange smokestack. An American flag flutters on the deck as the camera pans slightly, revealing the vessel's classic Art Deco design and rigging. The footage has a nostalgic, grainy quality typical of Super 8 home movies from the era, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 123061041

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: 1971 Long Beach home-movie footage for productions needing an ocean-liner exterior, harbor landmark detail, or period travel insert.
Period detail: The white multi-window superstructure, orange-and-black funnel, rigging, and U.S. flag may show a classic passenger ship display in early 1970s Long Beach.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot dockside perspective, framing the ship through nearby masts and rigging rather than as a staged promotional view.
What appears in frame: Visible details include the ship bridge, rows of dark windows, orange-and-black smokestack, deck railings, rigging lines, mast structures, and a U.S. flag.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows warm color, visible grain, soft contrast, and slight handheld framing consistent with personal travel footage from the period.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, location insert, travel-memory beat, or transition into Long Beach harbor or ocean-liner material.
Historical context: The footage places a large passenger ship within a public waterfront viewing context, showing how visitors encountered maritime landmarks in the period.
Research note: Human figures and possible ship identity or trademarks should be reviewed separately from copyright, likeness, and property considerations.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1971 Long Beach 8mm ship, vintage ocean liner windows, passenger ship funnel, harbor home movie, and U.S. flag on deck.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1971 Long Beach waterfront clips, then broader vintage ship and harbor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Long Beach home-movie frame of a white passenger ship exterior with rows of windows, rigging, and a dark funnel above. — White ship bridge and window rows framed by nearby rigging.

1971 Long Beach view of a large white ship with bridge windows, deck railings, rigging lines, and an orange-and-black funnel. — Passenger ship superstructure with rigging crossing the frame.

1971 Long Beach frame showing the ship's white exterior, multiple window rows, deck railings, and rigging from a dockside angle. — Rows of windows and railings on the ship's white superstructure.

1971 Long Beach home-movie frame of the ship's funnel, deck railings, rigging, mast, and U.S. flag against a pale sky. — Ship funnel and U.S. flag framed by rigging and mast lines.

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