Long Beach California USA-1971: Queen Mary Cruise Ship Docked At Port

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

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Queen Mary Cruise Ship Docked At Port — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures the Queen Mary cruise ship docked at Long Beach, California. The footage shows the iconic black and white ocean liner with its name clearly visible, adorned with American and signal flags. The camera pans across the ship's hull and superstructure, highlighting its classic mid-century design and the bustling port environment. The grainy, color-graded quality of the Super 8 footage evokes a strong sense of nostalgia and historical Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123062101

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 documentary requests needing visitor-shot views of the Queen Mary docked at Long Beach, California, as maritime, travel, or port-history material.
Period detail: The ocean liner's black-and-white hull, American flag, signal flags, and 8mm color stock support an early-1970s port-side travel record.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot viewpoint, lingering on the ship's bow, hull, and name rather than staging action or guided narration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Queen Mary's dark hull, white superstructure, portholes, American flag, signal flags, dock edge, rocks, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, warm color drift, gate edges, handheld framing, and variable exposure across the dark hull and pale sky.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief establishing insert, maritime transition, port cutaway, or memory beat for Long Beach travel and ocean-liner history.
Historical context: The clip visually places a large named ocean liner at a California port, showing how a visitor documented the ship as a public landmark in 1971.
Research note: The ship name and flags are visible, so copyright, trademark, location, and property-context review may still be needed even without faces or minors.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 8mm Queen Mary Long Beach, vintage ocean liner docked at port, California harbor home movie, and Super 8 ship footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1971 Long Beach views, then broader California port, ship, harbor, and maritime travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 8mm view of the Queen Mary docked at Long Beach, showing the dark hull, white superstructure, portholes, and film gate edges. — Close port-side view of the Queen Mary's hull and upper deck.

The Queen Mary's bow area appears in 1971 Long Beach footage, with a dark hull, white deck structure, rows of portholes, and an American flag. — Bow-side detail with portholes and flag visible near the dock.

Wider 1971 Long Beach home-movie frame showing the Queen Mary docked, with signal flags, white decks, dark bow, rocks, and harbor edge. — Wider dockside view of the Queen Mary with flags and bow visible.

1971 8mm frame from Long Beach showing the Queen Mary name on the bow, American flag, signal flags, dockside rocks, and dark hull. — The Queen Mary name is visible on the bow beside the dock.

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