California-1952: Life Preserver Reading S.S. Catalina

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Life Preserver Reading S — Clip Details

A close-up of a white life preserver with black lettering reading 'S.S. CATALINA' and 'AVA ON' on a vintage 8mm film clip from 1952. The footage shows the circular safety device against a light background, with visible film grain and scratches characteristic of home movie footage. The scene transitions to a blurry blue and white view, possibly the ocean or sky, with a dark border framing the image. This archival clip captures a moment of early 20th-century maritime travel in California.

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: 127545496

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 1234 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: miss universe
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1952 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This clip supports 1950s California maritime travel requests needing a brief shipboard safety-detail insert or ocean-going transition.
Period detail: The visible life preserver lettering for S.S. Catalina and Avalon suggests a passenger-vessel context, with the 1952 date supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels like a visitor's quick close-up of ship detail followed by loose handheld views of blue water or wake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white ring life preserver, black vessel lettering, partial Avalon text, dark film borders, blue water-like blur, and film scratches.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, uneven exposure, visible grain, dust, scratches, and dark frame edges typical of midcentury home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a cutaway, travel-memory beat, maritime insert, or transition from a ship detail to abstract water movement.
Historical context: The clip visually places leisure or ferry travel within a California coastal setting without showing passengers, crew, or identifiable port landmarks.
Research note: No people are visible, but the vessel name and life-preserver lettering may need trademark, vessel-identification, and source-copyright review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1952 California 8mm S.S. Catalina life preserver, Avalon ferry home movie, and vintage boat wake footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1952 California or Avalon material, then broader vintage ferry, shipboard, and ocean-travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California 8mm frame showing a white S.S. Catalina life preserver with partial Avalon lettering and soft film texture. — Close-up of a white S.S. Catalina life preserver with partial Avalon text.

Soft blue-white 8mm frame that appears to show water, wake, or sky, with dark borders and visible film wear. — Blurred blue-white view, possibly water or wake, within dark film borders.

Handheld 8mm view of blue-white motion, possibly water or wake, with a diagonal dark line and visible film texture. — Abstract blue-white motion with dark frame edges and a diagonal line.

Soft 1952 8mm frame of blue-white shapes that may be ocean wake or sky, bordered by dark film edges. — Soft blue-white view framed by dark film edges near the end of the clip.

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