Long Beach California USA-1971: Cruise Ship Deck With Passengers And Red Smokestacks

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

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Cruise Ship Deck With Passengers And Red Smokestacks — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a passenger cruise ship docked at Long Beach, California. Passengers in period attire stroll the decks, gather near tables, and relax under the sun. The footage highlights the ship's classic design with prominent red and black smokestacks, white railings, and wooden decks. The warm, slightly faded color palette and film grain evoke a nostalgic 1970s travel memory, perfect for historical documentaries, retro content, or archival storytelling.

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: 123061470

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 home-movie footage supports archive requests for passenger ship decks, travel leisure, and 1970s cruise departure atmosphere.
Period detail: The visible red-and-black funnels, white railings, deck tables, and passenger clothing may show early 1970s cruise-ship styling and leisure travel details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie viewpoint, looking down across passengers as they walk, gather near railings, and linger on deck.
What appears in frame: Visible details include ship decks, passengers, white railings, round tables, deck chairs, rigging lines, red vents, and red-and-black smokestacks.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows warm faded color, visible grain, soft focus, and slight handheld framing that preserve the physical-film home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, shipboard cutaway, or memory beat within a 1970s California or cruise sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents passenger leisure on a docked cruise ship, with visible public deck activity and ship architecture rather than a staged event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1971 8mm cruise ship deck, Long Beach passenger ship, 1970s travel home movie, and red smokestack ocean liner footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Long Beach 1971 harbor material, then broader 1970s cruise, ship deck, and travel-leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Long Beach home-movie view looking down on a docked passenger ship deck with people, tables, railings, and rigging. — Passengers gather on the upper deck of a docked cruise ship, seen from above through dark frame edges.

1971 Long Beach cruise ship deck with passengers near white railings, round tables, rigging, and dockside water. — A high-angle home-movie frame shows passengers on the ship deck beside railings and deck tables.

Close view of a 1971 passenger ship's red vents, rigging, white structures, and red-and-black smokestacks at Long Beach. — The camera shifts to the ship's funnels and deck structures, emphasizing red vents and rigging lines.

1971 Long Beach shipboard view with red vents, red-and-black smokestacks, white railings, rigging, and passengers partly visible below. — Red vents and smokestacks dominate the frame while passengers remain partly visible on the lower deck.

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