Long Beach California USA-1971: The Letting Down Of A Lifeboat From A Ship

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

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The Letting Down Of A Lifeboat From A Ship — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a lifeboat being lowered from a ship's davit at Long Beach, California. The white metal crane mechanism dominates the frame as the small boat descends, with a few passengers visible below. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and warm color tones, offering a nostalgic glimpse into maritime safety procedures of the era. This archival clip is ideal for historical documentaries, nautical themes, or retro Americana projects.

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: 123061894

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 maritime, passenger ship, or coastal travel productions needing a brief archival insert of a lifeboat being lowered from a davit.
Period detail: The white metal davit, rounded lifeboat hull, warm 8mm color, and visitor vantage may show early 1970s shipboard safety equipment in Long Beach.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the feel of a visitor filming a shipboard procedure from below, with bystanders at the edge of the frame rather than a staged demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suspended lifeboat, white davit arm, pulley hardware, ship hull plating, rigging lines, bystanders below, and hazy sky or harbor background.
Film character: The clip carries warm 8mm color, soft focus, handheld framing, gate edges, and visible grain that read as original home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a concise cutaway, process insert, maritime transition, or memory beat within a sequence about ships, travel, or safety drills.
Historical context: The scene documents a small public-facing moment around ship equipment, showing how a home-movie camera recorded maritime machinery and spectatorship.
Research note: People are visible but not individually prominent, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or audible music are indicated, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 Long Beach 8mm ship lifeboat lowering, vintage home movie maritime safety, passenger ship davit, and California harbor travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1971 Long Beach footage, then related shipboard, harbor, lifeboat, or maritime safety material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Long Beach home-movie frame showing a lifeboat suspended from a white ship davit with passengers or visitors partly visible below. — Lifeboat suspended from a ship davit as observers stand below.

1971 Long Beach frame of a suspended lifeboat beside white ship structure, with davit hardware overhead and bystanders at the bottom. — Lifeboat held beside the ship as the davit mechanism remains overhead.

Close 1971 Long Beach 8mm view of a lifeboat descending from a ship davit, with partial spectator heads along the lower frame. — Lowered lifeboat moves down past the ship side while spectators watch.

1971 Long Beach home-movie still of a lifeboat lowered beside a ship, framed by davit cables and partial figures at the bottom. — Lifeboat lowered beside the ship with the davit and rigging still visible.

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