Long Beach California USA-1971: Passenger Ship At Port

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

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Passenger Ship At Port — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a passenger ship at Long Beach, California. The footage shows the ship's white superstructure, including the bridge, deck railings, and a prominent funnel, viewed through the rigging of another vessel. The warm, faded color palette and film grain evoke a strong sense of nostalgia, documenting a classic ocean voyage from a personal perspective.

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: 123061222

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: 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 8mm Long Beach port footage for edits needing passenger-ship travel, harbor departure, or ocean-voyage atmosphere.
Period detail: The ship's white superstructure, bridge windows, railings, funnel, and surrounding rigging may show early-1970s passenger travel at a California port.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels visitor-shot from another vessel, using nearby rigging as foreground while observing the passenger ship across the harbor.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a white ship bridge, dark funnel, deck railings, porthole-like windows, mast lines, rigging, and a pale harbor sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan has warm faded color, visible grain, slight softness, and handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short cutaway, travel transition, harbor insert, or memory beat for a voyage sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents leisure or passenger maritime travel from a personal viewpoint without identifying the vessel or voyage.
Research note: No people are visible, but visible ship markings or design may require review for brand, copyright, or vessel identification issues.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1971 8mm Long Beach passenger ship, Super 8 harbor cruise footage, and vintage ocean liner port view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1971 Long Beach harbor shots, then broader vintage ship and ocean-travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Long Beach home-movie frame of a white passenger ship superstructure viewed through nearby vessel rigging. — Passenger ship bridge and funnel framed by rigging at Long Beach harbor.

White passenger ship bridge and dark funnel at Long Beach, filmed through rigging on 8mm in 1971. — The ship's bridge and funnel remain partly obscured by foreground lines and rigging.

1971 8mm frame showing the passenger ship's upper decks and windows through dense foreground rigging. — Upper decks and bridge windows pass behind the rigging of another vessel.

Long Beach passenger ship detail from 1971, with the funnel and rear superstructure partly hidden by rigging. — Rigging crosses the view as the ship's rear superstructure and funnel fill the frame.

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