California-1959: White Ocean Liner Docked At Port On Sunny Day

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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White Ocean Liner Docked At Port On Sunny Day — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from 1959 captures a large white ocean liner docked at a port under a bright, sunny sky. The ship, with its multiple decks and prominent smokestack, sits calmly on the water, its white hull contrasting against the blue sea and scattered clouds. The footage, shot from a distance, shows the vessel from various angles as it remains stationary, with a dock and buildings visible in the background. The warm, slightly faded color palette and film grain are characteristic of home movie footage from the late 1950s, evoking a sense of mid-century travel and nostalgia.

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: 125508283

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 1084 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: philip 15 mos,santa anita,vegas,arizona,new mexico
Reel-level year note: 1958-1959
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1959 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: 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s California travel, maritime, or port-life edits needing a brief home-movie view of a white ocean liner at dock.
Period detail: The liner's white hull, stacked passenger decks, single funnel, and color 8mm look support a late-1950s passenger travel setting without identifying the vessel.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot waterfront perspective, watching the moored ship from across the water rather than staging action around it.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large white liner, blue harbor water, dock structures, low port buildings, scattered clouds, film gate borders, and dust marks.
Film character: Soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, faded color, and gate edges give the shot recognizable 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime insert, travel transition, port establishing cutaway, or quiet memory beat in a mid-century sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects leisure or passenger sea travel as seen from a public waterfront viewpoint, with no visible crowds or onboard activity in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable vessel name are visible, but vessel identity, location details, and copyright status should be checked separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1959 California ocean liner docked, vintage 8mm harbor ship, white passenger liner at port, and mid-century travel home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel waterfront or travel footage, then California 1959 port material, then broader 1950s ships, harbors, and vacation travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 California home-movie frame showing a white ocean liner moored at port, seen from across the water. — A white liner sits at dock beneath a bright sky, with harbor water in the foreground.

A large white liner remains docked at a California port, framed softly through 8mm film grain. — The camera holds on the liner's bow and upper decks from a waterside distance.

The liner is seen lower and closer in frame, with blue water and a pale dock structure at the left. — A side view emphasizes the ship's long decks, funnel, and calm harbor setting.

Final frame shows the docked liner across the harbor with visible 8mm gate edges and surface marks. — The liner remains stationary at port as the home-movie camera drifts slightly.

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