Long Beach California USA-1971: A Large Ship With Three Smokestacks Out In The

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

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A Large Ship With Three Smokestacks Out In The — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from 1971 captures a large ocean liner with three prominent smokestacks docked at Long Beach, California. The grainy, sepia-toned footage shows the ship at rest, its classic design and multiple funnels clearly visible against a hazy sky. The film exhibits natural wear, including dust spots and slight fading, characteristic of home movie footage from the era. The sequence includes brief moments of blank frames, emphasizing the authentic, unedited quality of the archival recording.

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: 123062264

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 archival requests needing a brief Long Beach harbor or ocean-liner insert from authentic 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The visible three-funnel passenger ship, soft color fade, and metadata-supported 1971 Long Beach setting place the scene in early 1970s harbor travel imagery.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint from shore, with the ship framed at a distance and followed only briefly before the reel runs into blank or underexposed frames.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large docked ship, three smokestacks, a mast, hazy waterfront air, dark film borders, dust specks, faded color, and blank leader-like frames.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows rounded gate edges, heavy grain, muted sepia-green fading, dust, and uneven exposure that preserve the physical character of the original reel.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, harbor transition, or travel insert before moving into broader material on ships, voyages, or California waterfronts.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a large passenger vessel at rest in a Southern California harbor, without showing passengers, crew activity, or a clear departure.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but ship identity, location specifics, copyright status, and any property or vessel-related claims should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 Long Beach 8mm ocean liner footage, vintage harbor home movie, three smokestack ship, and faded California waterfront travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby frames from the same reel, then other 1971 Long Beach harbor material, then broader vintage ship, ocean travel, and waterfront transportation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Long Beach 8mm frame showing a large passenger ship with three smokestacks at a dock in hazy light. — A large three-funnel ship sits docked at Long Beach in faded 8mm footage.

Faded 8mm frame from the 1971 Long Beach clip showing no clear subject, only film texture and gate edges. — A blank or underexposed section of the reel shows dust, fading, and the 8mm frame edge.

Underexposed or blank 8mm frame within the 1971 Long Beach reel, with visible dust and film gate marks. — The clip passes through a blank, worn section of physical film with no identifiable subject.

Final 1971 Long Beach clip frame appears blank or leader-like, preserving dust, scratches, and 8mm border artifacts. — The sequence ends on a blank film frame with visible dust and faded stock texture.

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