San Francisco California-1939: Passengers on Ship Deck During Sea Voyage

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

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Passengers on Ship Deck During Sea Voyage — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a group of passengers aboard a ship, likely during a voyage from San Francisco. Dressed in period attire—men in suits and hats, women in dresses—they stand along the deck railing, gazing outward. The grainy black-and-white footage, with its characteristic film edges and soft focus, evokes a sense of early 20th-century travel and nostalgia. The scene suggests a moment of anticipation or observation during a sea journey, with the ship's rail and structural elements framing the passengers. This archival clip offers a glimpse into mid-century maritime travel and personal journeys.

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: 127270377

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s maritime travel requests needing a brief ship-deck passenger cutaway for documentary, museum, education or period-context edits.
Period detail: The frame may show late-1930s travel attire, including brimmed hats, suits, dresses and a ship railing, consistent with the supplied 1939 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: Passengers appear to gather casually at the rail, looking outward or toward the camera from an unstaged traveler-shot viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ship railings, deck supports, suited men, women in dresses, hats, dark cabin openings and the contact-print frame edges.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure and contact-sheet framing that preserve the physical-film character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, travel transition, memory beat or social-context cutaway within a sea voyage or 1930s mobility sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually reflects group passenger observation on a ship deck, with clothing and rail placement suggesting public travel space rather than a posed portrait.
Research note: People and recognizable faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed in addition to separate copyright and source-use assessment.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1939 8mm ship passengers, San Francisco home movie sea voyage, 1930s deck railing travel footage and vintage maritime travelers.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other San Francisco 1939 travel material, then broader 1930s shipboard passenger scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 San Francisco home-movie frame showing passengers in period dress gathered at a ship deck railing. — Passengers stand along the ship railing, some facing outward and others near the camera.

Passengers in late-1930s attire appear along a ship deck railing in black-and-white home-movie footage. — A small group gathers at the rail beneath vertical deck supports.

Black-and-white 8mm frame of ship passengers near the rail, with a deck wall and structural post visible. — Passengers remain near the rail as the camera frames more of the ship structure.

A 1939 home-movie frame shows passengers on a ship deck, including a figure turned away near the cabin side. — The shot shifts toward fewer passengers and more of the ship's side structure.

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