Long Beach California USA-1971: Red Boat At Dock With People And Ship Structure

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

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Red Boat At Dock With People And Ship Structure — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this archival footage captures a red-hulled boat at a dock in Long Beach, California. The clip shows wooden planks, metal poles, and a white winch mechanism, with a rocky shoreline visible in the background. Later frames reveal a large white ship structure with people walking below, suggesting a busy port environment. The warm color palette and film grain evoke a nostalgic, vintage home movie feel from the early 1970s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123061858

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: Useful for 1970s Long Beach harbor or port-life edits needing brief 8mm home-movie views of a docked boat, ship hardware, and visitors below a large vessel structure.
Period detail: The red-painted wood, metal fittings, warm 8mm color, and visitor clothing visible below the ship structure support an early 1970s harbor-tour or waterfront setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera studies boat details and then tilts or reframes toward people moving beneath a large ship, giving the clip an unstaged visitor-shot dockside perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red-hulled boat, wooden planks, metal rods, white lifting hardware, rocky shoreline, large ship hull, riveted structure, and people on the dock.
Film character: The clip has warm 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, handheld framing, and slight exposure variation that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, harbor transition, vessel-detail insert, or memory beat between broader Long Beach waterfront scenes.
Historical context: The footage shows recreational or visitor activity around docked vessels in Long Beach, without enough visual evidence to identify a specific ship, attraction, or event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while copyright, property, and location permissions should be assessed separately from the film scan.
Research search match: Searches for 1971 Long Beach 8mm harbor footage, red boat at dock, vintage ship structure, California waterfront home movie, or people below vessel may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other 1971 Long Beach waterfront material, then broader 1970s harbor, dock, ship, and visitor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Long Beach 8mm frame showing a red boat deck, wood planking, metal rods, and white lifting hardware near a rocky shoreline. — Red boat deck details and dock hardware near the shoreline.

1971 Long Beach harbor frame with a red-painted boat section, white hook assembly, wood panels, metal rods, and shoreline rocks. — Red boat hardware and planked surfaces beside shoreline rocks.

1971 Long Beach 8mm frame showing a large white ship structure, curved boat form, rivets, railings, and people gathered below. — Visitors pass beneath a large white ship structure at the dock.

1971 Long Beach dockside frame with a white ship structure, suspended curved boat form, railings, riveted metal, and lower walkway. — Ship structure and suspended boat form above the dock walkway.

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