San Francisco California-1939: Passengers Aboard Ship Deck In Black And White

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 California

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Passengers Aboard Ship Deck In Black And White — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a group of passengers aboard a ship, likely during a cruise or voyage. Men in suits and hats and women in period dresses stand on the deck, leaning on the railing and observing the journey. The black-and-white footage shows classic 1930s fashion and a nostalgic maritime scene, with visible film grain and edge distortion characteristic of Super 8 home movies. This archival clip offers a glimpse into mid-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: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127270352

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s San Francisco maritime home-movie footage for documentary or editorial sequences needing passengers aboard a ship deck.
Period detail: Men in suits and brimmed hats and women in period dress may show late-1930s travel clothing on a vessel deck.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged passenger-deck moment, with people standing at the rail and looking outward during a voyage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ship railings, deck windows, suited passengers, hats, dresses, vertical deck supports, and cropped vessel architecture.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, light exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame registration.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime travel insert, period cutaway, voyage transition, or reflective memory beat.
Historical context: The footage visually situates leisure or passenger travel within late-1930s clothing and shipboard social space without identifying the vessel or route.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are evident, and copyright status is separate from permissions.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1930s 8mm ship passengers, San Francisco maritime home movie, black-and-white cruise deck, and vintage voyage footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel ship scenes, then other 1939 San Francisco footage, then broader 1930s travel or maritime home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 San Francisco home-movie frame showing passengers in hats and suits behind railings on a ship deck. — Passengers gather along a ship deck railing, seen through soft black-and-white 8mm texture.

Passengers aboard a ship deck in 1939 San Francisco footage, with railings, windows, and period hats visible. — A small group of deck passengers stands near the rail and vessel windows.

Black-and-white 8mm frame of passengers on a ship deck, with late-1930s clothing and railings visible. — Passengers remain clustered behind the ship rail as the camera frames the deck architecture.

1939 San Francisco ship-deck home-movie frame with passengers in hats behind railings and vessel windows. — The final frame holds on the same shipboard group, with railings and window panels prominent.

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