Long Beach California USA-1971: Old Footage Of The Nation's Flags On An Original Ship

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

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Old Footage Of The Nation's Flags On An Original Ship — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a close-up view of a large ocean liner's red and black smokestacks and rigging. The camera pans upward, revealing a line of international flags fluttering in the wind against a pale sky. The footage has a warm, nostalgic tone with visible film grain and slight color fading, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. The perspective suggests the shot was taken from another vessel or dock, offering a detailed look at the ship's deck structures and maritime details.

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: 123061741

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s 8mm maritime footage suited to documentary or museum edits needing ocean liner detail, shipboard rigging, and international flag color from Long Beach-era travel material.
Period detail: The red-and-black funnel, signal flags, rigging, and faded 8mm color may show early-1970s ocean liner or harbor activity without identifying the vessel by name.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, with the camera looking closely upward at a ship funnel and flags from a nearby dock or vessel rather than a staged production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red-and-black ship funnel, diagonal rigging lines, signal flags, deck structures, vents, pale sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: Warm color fading, visible grain, slight softness, and handheld framing give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief maritime cutaway, travel-memory insert, harbor transition, or visual bridge into ocean liner and port sequences.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for leisure or harbor filming in Long Beach, showing ship details and flag display without supporting a specific vessel identification.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but users should still assess copyright status, vessel identification, and any property or location permissions for their use.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1971 8mm ship flags, Long Beach ocean liner funnel, vintage harbor home movie, maritime signal flags, and Super 8 ship rigging.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1971 Long Beach harbor footage, and then broader 1970s ships, ports, flags, or ocean travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Long Beach home-movie frame showing a red-and-black ship funnel, rigging, and deck details in soft 8mm color. — Close view of a ship funnel and rigging with deck structures below.

1971 Long Beach 8mm frame with ship funnel, diagonal lines, small flags, and deck equipment near the harbor. — Signal flags and rigging appear beside the ship funnel.

1971 Long Beach frame looking upward at rigging and small flags beside red deck structures and the edge of a large funnel. — Upward angle on rigging and flags near the ship funnel.

1971 Long Beach home-movie frame showing diagonal ship rigging, signal flags, and a cropped red-and-black funnel. — Cropped ship funnel with rigging and flags against a pale sky.

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