Long Beach California USA-1971: A Large Passenger Ship Anchored Near The Shore

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

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A Large Passenger Ship Anchored Near The Shore — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a large passenger ship anchored in Long Beach, California. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows the vessel's deck with passengers, white railings, and a prominent wooden mast. The ship's red and black funnels are visible against a hazy sky, with flags fluttering on the rigging. The warm, grainy aesthetic and slight camera shake evoke a nostalgic, personal travel memory from the early 1970s.

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: 123061712

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 for requests needing passenger-ship travel, harbor sightseeing, or coastal transportation cutaways.
Period detail: The ship railings, deck layout, rigging flags, warm 8mm color, and period passenger clothing may show early 1970s leisure travel details.
Home-movie behavior: The viewpoint through a window or railing gives the clip an unstaged visitor-shot perspective, watching the ship from nearby rather than staging it.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the ship bow, deck passengers, white railings, rigging lines, signal flags, red-and-black funnel, water, and hazy shoreline.
Film character: The clip has warm 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief harbor insert, travel-memory transition, ship cutaway, or visual beat between broader Long Beach or ocean-voyage scenes.
Historical context: The frames place a large passenger vessel near shore with visitors visible on deck, suggesting public maritime leisure or travel activity in Long Beach.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from privacy or property review.
Research search match: Searches for 1971 8mm Long Beach passenger ship, vintage harbor home movie, ocean liner deck, or California coastal travel footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel ship or harbor shots, then Long Beach 1971 material, then broader vintage passenger-vessel and coastal travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Long Beach passenger ship bow viewed through a window frame, with deck railings, rigging lines, flags, and people visible. — A passenger ship bow and deck are filmed through a dark foreground frame near the Long Beach shore.

1971 Long Beach view of a large passenger ship deck, with people at the railings, rigging lines, flags, and hazy shoreline beyond. — Passengers stand on the deck of a large ship as rigging and flags frame the bow.

Elevated 1971 Long Beach home-movie view of a passenger ship bow, showing deck fittings, railings, rigging, flags, and distant shore. — The camera looks down over the ship bow, deck fittings, and railings from a nearby vantage point.

1971 Long Beach ship detail showing a red-and-black funnel, rigging lines, signal flags, mast sections, and hazy sky. — A red-and-black funnel and rigging fill the frame, with small flags hanging against the hazy sky.

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