Long Beach California USA-1971: Art Deco Building Exterior With People

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

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Art Deco Building Exterior With People — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a white Art Deco-style building, likely a cruise ship or waterfront establishment, in Long Beach, California. The footage shows the structure's distinctive curved facade, vertical windows, and railings, with a red and white striped umbrella visible in the lower frame. A few people appear at the bottom of the frame, suggesting a public area. The clip exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and slight camera movement, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American seaside atmosphere.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123061958

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 California waterfront or leisure-era productions needing an exterior cutaway of a white Art Deco-style public building with visitors.
Period detail: The rounded facade, vertical window bands, railings, and 8mm color stock may show early 1970s visitor architecture or ship-adjacent design in Long Beach.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, framing the building casually from below while people move along the bottom edge of the scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white curved building facade, tall dark windows, rooftop railings, a red-and-white umbrella, ship-like fixtures, and visitors at street level.
Film character: Warm 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and slight handheld movement give the clip a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, travel transition, waterfront cutaway, or memory beat for a 1971 Long Beach sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually situates visitors around a distinctive white public exterior, suggesting leisure or sightseeing without confirming a specific landmark.
Research note: People are visible and the building should be reviewed for location, likeness, property, and copyright considerations before final use.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1971 Long Beach 8mm building exterior, California waterfront Art Deco facade, vintage home movie visitors, and white cruise-like structure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Long Beach 1971 exteriors, then broader 1970s California waterfront or travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Long Beach home-movie frame showing a white Art Deco-style exterior with railings, dark vertical windows, visitors, and a red-and-white umbrella. — White curved facade and rooftop railings seen from a visitor viewpoint.

1971 Long Beach frame with the white curved exterior, tall dark windows, railings, and small visitor figures along the lower edge. — Rounded white exterior with dark window bands and balcony railings.

1971 Long Beach home-movie view of a white curved facade with repeated vertical windows, a dark entrance, railings, and visitors at the bottom. — Closer framing emphasizes the curved windowed facade and dark entrance.

1971 Long Beach frame showing the white rounded building front, repeated dark windows, rooftop railings, small visitors, and warm 8mm color. — Final frame holds on the curved white exterior with repeated windows.

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