Long Beach California USA-1971: Boat Moved Slowly From Large Ship Downward To A

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

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Boat Moved Slowly From Large Ship Downward To A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a large ship's crane slowly lowering a lifeboat. The white-painted metal structure and the boat’s dark trim are prominent against a muted sky. The footage shows the boat descending steadily, with the ship’s deck and railings visible in the background. The grainy texture and warm color palette evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, typical of personal 8mm recordings from the era. This clip offers authentic maritime footage for historical or documentary projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Slow motion
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123061879

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 8mm footage helps document maritime equipment and shipboard lifeboat handling for documentary, museum, or educational edits.
Period detail: The white ship structure, davit crane, rounded lifeboat, and warm 8mm color may show early 1970s passenger or working-vessel details.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a close visitor or passenger viewpoint, holding on the slow lowering action rather than staging a formal maritime demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suspended lifeboat, curved davit arm, white ship wall, railings, dark funnel or vent, cables, deck hardware, and small deck figures.
Film character: The clip has warm 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and contact-print framing that preserve a home-movie maritime texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a cutaway, industrial travel insert, transition between shipboard scenes, or brief memory beat about coastal travel.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for shipboard safety equipment and harbor-era travel without identifying the vessel or event shown.
Research note: People appear small in the deck area, so likeness review may be limited but should remain separate from copyright and property considerations.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1971 Long Beach 8mm ship lifeboat lowering, vintage home movie ship crane, and archival maritime davit footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Long Beach 1971 harbor material, then broader vintage ship, lifeboat, and maritime equipment footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Long Beach 8mm frame showing a lifeboat hanging from a shipboard davit against a white vessel structure. — A lifeboat hangs close to the ship as the davit and deck railings fill the frame.

1971 Long Beach 8mm frame with a lifeboat lowered slightly beside the ship, cable taut under the davit arm. — The lifeboat descends beneath the curved davit arm, with ship railings behind it.

Close 1971 Long Beach 8mm view of the rounded lifeboat hull suspended beside the white ship structure. — The camera frames the lifeboat hull tightly as it hangs from the shipboard lowering gear.

1971 Long Beach 8mm frame showing the lifeboat beside the davit, with small deck figures visible below. — The lifeboat remains suspended while small figures stand near the lower deck area.

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