Long Beach California USA-1971: Large Ocean Liner Docked At Port

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

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Large Ocean Liner Docked At Port — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a massive ocean liner docked at Long Beach, California. The iconic white hull and distinctive red-and-black funnels of the passenger vessel dominate the frame, with festive bunting strung across its masts. The camera pans slowly along the ship's length, revealing its grand scale and multiple decks against a hazy sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and warm color tones, evoking a sense of mid-century maritime travel and nostalgia. This archival clip offers authentic period footage of a bygone era of ocean liners.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 123062219

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: 1971 8mm footage of a large passenger liner docked at Long Beach for productions needing period maritime travel, port, or ocean-liner atmosphere.
Period detail: The white multi-deck vessel, red-and-black funnels, dockside light poles, bunting, and warm 8mm color may show early 1970s passenger-ship tourism at a California port.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, holding on the ship from the pier and panning across its scale rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the ocean liner hull, two red-and-black funnels, mast bunting, dock structures, gangway area, streetlights, parked cars, and hazy sky.
Film character: The footage carries warm faded color, soft focus, visible grain, slight gate shadow, and handheld framing consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, maritime cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into port and ocean-liner sequences.
Historical context: The frames document public viewing of a large passenger vessel at dock, reflecting the visual presence of ocean-liner travel in a Southern California harbor setting.
Research note: No people are discernible, but vessel markings or design may require identification review; copyright, trademark, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1971 Long Beach 8mm ocean liner, vintage passenger ship at port, California harbor home movie, and docked maritime vessel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Long Beach 1971 harbor material, then broader vintage ocean-liner and port-travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Long Beach footage shows a large white passenger liner docked with mast bunting, a red-and-black funnel, and port lighting in view. — Large passenger liner at dock with bunting strung from the mast and a red-and-black funnel visible.

The Long Beach docked liner fills the frame, with bunting on the mast, a red-and-black funnel, deck rows, and dockside structures visible. — Side view of the docked liner showing upper decks, mast bunting, funnel, and port infrastructure.

The camera has panned along the docked passenger liner, showing the funnel, rows of deck windows, mast rigging, and gangway area at Long Beach. — Closer dockside view of the liner's decks, funnel, mast rigging, and gangway structure.

Final frame shows the docked liner at Long Beach with two red-and-black funnels, deck railings, gangway structure, dock lights, and a hazy sky. — The liner remains docked as the view reaches the gangway area and second funnel.

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