California-1959: Ocean Liner Docked At Port To Man In Sunglasses

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Ocean Liner Docked At Port To Man In Sunglasses — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from California in 1959 captures a large ocean liner docked at a port. The ship, with its white hull and prominent smokestack, sits calmly on the water under a partly cloudy sky. The camera pans slightly, revealing a long white building along the waterfront. In the final frame, a man wearing dark sunglasses appears in the foreground, looking toward the camera, with the port and water behind him. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and a nostalgic mid-century aesthetic, evoking a sense of travel and leisure from the era.

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: 125508295

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: Yes
Minors 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: 1959 California home-movie footage helps document mid-century port travel, waterfront arrivals, and ocean liner scenes for documentaries, museum programs, or period commercial edits.
Period detail: The white passenger ship, dockside warehouse, open water, and casual sunglasses suggest a late-1950s leisure-travel view at a California port.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld camera watches from near the waterline, then drifts toward the waterfront and catches an adult man entering the foreground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a docked white ocean liner, smokestack, mast, calm harbor water, long white waterfront building, partly cloudy sky, and a man in dark sunglasses.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a brief harbor insert, travel-memory transition, ship-arrival cutaway, or personal vacation beat before a waterfront scene.
Historical context: The clip shows a visitor-level view of maritime travel and port infrastructure in California without identifying the vessel, terminal, or occasion.
Research note: An adult face is visible in the final frame, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright and any location or vessel identification checks.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1959 California port home movie, 8mm ocean liner docked, mid-century harbor waterfront, and man in sunglasses travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 California waterfront footage, then broader mid-century ship, harbor, and travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 California harbor view with a white ocean liner moored at a waterfront pier, seen across rippling water. — A white passenger ship sits docked along the harbor waterfront.

The camera continues across the 1959 California port, holding on the docked white passenger ship and pier. — The ship remains moored as the camera shifts slightly along the waterfront.

A California port waterfront appears with long low buildings, open water, and part of the docked ship at the left edge. — The pan moves away from the ship toward low waterfront buildings.

An adult man wearing dark sunglasses appears in the foreground at a 1959 California port, with water and low buildings behind him. — A man in sunglasses enters the foreground near the end of the harbor shot.

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