California-1952: Passengers Line Up On A Dock To Board A Cruise Ship With

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Passengers Line Up On A Dock To Board A Cruise Ship With — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage footage captures a bustling California harbor scene. Passengers gather on a covered pier, lining up to board a large white cruise ship moored at the dock. The ship features a prominent smokestack and multiple decks, with people visible on the lower deck and gangway. The warm, slightly faded colors and film grain evoke a nostalgic mid-century travel atmosphere, showcasing a classic moment of maritime transportation.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127545615

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: 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: Useful for 1950s California travel, harbor, and passenger-ship sequences needing real 8mm home-movie evidence of dockside boarding activity.
Period detail: The covered pier, white multi-deck vessel, smokestack, gangway, and mid-century color 8mm look support a 1952 maritime travel setting in California.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot perspective, observing passengers and dock activity from a nearby position rather than staging the boarding scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a covered pier, white harbor building, moored passenger ship, smokestack, gangway, small boat, dock pilings, and waiting passengers.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and faded color give the short 8mm clip a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing cutaway, travel transition, or memory beat for postwar leisure travel and harbor departure scenes.
Historical context: The scene shows public dockside movement around a large passenger vessel, reflecting mid-century maritime transportation without identifying a specific route or operator.
Research note: People and visible vessel markings or insignia may require likeness, trademark, and location review separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1952 California harbor footage, 1950s cruise ship boarding, 8mm dock passengers, and vintage maritime travel home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1952 California harbor material, then related 1950s passenger ship, dock, and travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California harbor view showing a covered pier, white waterfront building, dock pilings, and people in shadow. — A covered pier and white waterfront structure stand over dark dock pilings.

A large white passenger ship with a prominent smokestack sits at a California dock with a smaller boat in front. — A docked passenger ship rises behind a smaller harbor boat.

The 1952 harbor scene shows a white passenger ship, dockside crowding, and a small boat moored in the foreground. — Passengers and dock activity appear around the moored ship and small boat.

A white multi-deck passenger ship remains moored at the California dock while people gather near gangways and boats. — People gather near the docked ship, gangways, and small harbor boats.

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