San Francisco California-1939: Men And Women Boarding A Holiday Cruise Ship

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 California

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Men And Women Boarding A Holiday Cruise Ship — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures passengers boarding a holiday cruise ship in San Francisco. A woman in a wide-brimmed hat and coat smiles as she ascends the gangway, while others gather near the entrance. The grainy black-and-white footage shows people in period attire, including hats and coats, moving through the ship's doorway. Later frames reveal passengers on the upper deck, waving and looking out over the water. The footage has a nostalgic, archival quality with visible film grain and soft focus, evoking a sense of mid-20th century travel and leisure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 127270344

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 1166 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: may
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1939 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

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 1930s San Francisco travel, leisure, and passenger-ship boarding scenes in documentary, museum, education, or period montage edits.
Period detail: Period clues include formal coats, brimmed hats, ship railings, gangway hardware, and black-and-white 8mm home-movie handling consistent with the 1939 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged traveler viewpoint as passengers board, smile, wave, and gather on deck before departure or during a holiday cruise outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ship doors, gangway rails, passengers in coats and hats, an upper deck railing, a uniformed-looking crew figure, and soft waterfront light.
Film character: The 8mm scan has pronounced grain, soft focus, exposure variation, frame-edge darkness, and slight handheld instability that give it strong home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short insert, travel transition, departure cutaway, or memory beat for interwar leisure, ocean travel, or San Francisco home-movie sequences.
Historical context: The footage shows ordinary passengers and possible crew around a cruise ship, offering social detail on dress, public travel, and shipboard observation without naming the vessel.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed; no logos or audible music are apparent, and copyright status should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 San Francisco 8mm cruise ship boarding, vintage passengers on ship deck, home movie ocean travel, and 1930s holiday travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 San Francisco travel footage, then broader 1930s cruise, shipboard, or vacation home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 San Francisco home-movie frame showing passengers in coats and hats near a ship entrance and gangway rail. — Passengers gather near the ship entrance as boarding activity continues.

1939 San Francisco frame of a woman in period coat and hat smiling while moving near the ship gangway. — A woman in a hat smiles as she passes along the gangway area.

1939 San Francisco home-movie view of passengers and a uniformed-looking figure behind a ship deck railing. — Passengers look out from the ship deck behind the railing.

1939 San Francisco frame showing passengers on a cruise ship deck, one appearing to wave toward the camera or shore. — Deck passengers look outward, with one person appearing to wave.

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