San Francisco California-1953: Showcasing All Of The Life Boats That Are Aboard

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1952 San Francisco California

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Showcasing All Of The Life Boats That Are Aboard — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage footage captures a series of life rafts secured on the deck of a ship, likely a naval vessel, with water visible alongside. The camera pans across the row of white lifeboats, each mounted on davits, showcasing their sturdy construction and readiness for evacuation. The blue-tinted film gives the scene a nostalgic, archival quality, with visible grain and slight motion blur characteristic of home movie footage. The clip offers a rare glimpse into mid-century maritime safety equipment and shipboard operations.

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: 123343954

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 1234 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: miss universe
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1952 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: San Francisco, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s maritime or San Francisco-area shipboard sequences needing a brief archival cutaway of lifeboats and safety equipment on deck.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century shipboard lifeboats held in davits, with painted hull markings too soft to identify and water alongside the vessel.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld visitor viewpoint lingers on practical deck details rather than staged action, giving the clip value as observed home-movie evidence.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white lifeboats, davit arms, deck railings, rigging, painted labels, nearby water, and a narrow view along the ship side.
Film character: Blue color cast, visible 8mm grain, soft focus, and slight handheld motion create a physical-film texture consistent with home-movie scanning.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime safety insert, shipboard transition, or cutaway between broader harbor, vessel, or travel footage.
Historical context: The footage visually documents lifeboat storage and access on a large vessel, without confirming the ship type, operator, or voyage purpose.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are evident, but copyright status and any vessel or property permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Searches such as 1950s 8mm ship lifeboats, San Francisco maritime home movie, deck safety equipment, and lifeboats on davits may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other San Francisco 1952 shipboard material, then broader maritime safety or harbor travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 San Francisco-area 8mm frame showing a white lifeboat secured on davits with water visible beside the vessel. — A lifeboat sits in its davit cradle near the side of the ship.

Shipboard view of a lifeboat held in davits, with blue-tinted water and deck fittings visible in the frame. — The camera centers on a lifeboat suspended or secured near the ship rail.

Blue-tinted 8mm frame showing multiple lifeboats arranged along a ship deck with davits and railings. — Several lifeboats line the side of the vessel in a compact deck view.

End-frame view of several lifeboats on davits along the ship side, with open water and deck structures visible. — The pan reveals more lifeboats positioned along the vessel side.

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