California-1952: People Standing On White Balcony And View Of Black White Ship

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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People Standing On White Balcony And View Of Black White... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1952 captures passengers on a white ship balcony overlooking a harbor in California. A man in a dark suit and a woman in a blue top stand near the railing, gazing out at the water. The scene shifts to show a large black and white steamship docked at a pier, with a building labeled 'GENERAL STEAMSHIP CO.' visible in the background. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural wear with grain, scratches, and a slight blur, evoking a nostalgic mid-century maritime atmosphere.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127545767

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 maritime, passenger travel, and harbor establishing material in documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions.
Period detail: The shipboard clothing, white deck rail, pier structure, and painted General Steamship Co. sign support a mid-century harbor setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor viewpoint, moving from companions at a ship railing to nearby docked vessels and waterfront buildings.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ship passengers at a balcony rail, lifebuoy equipment, a docked black-and-white ship, pier pilings, water reflections, and harbor signage.
Film character: Color 8mm texture shows soft focus, gate edges, grain, dust, scratches, and handheld framing that preserve the feel of an original home-movie scan.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief travel insert, harbor transition, passenger-ship cutaway, or memory beat within a mid-century California sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows leisure or transit around a commercial waterfront, with visitors filming both people aboard ship and working harbor infrastructure.
Research note: Faces and a visible company sign may require likeness, trademark, or location review depending on use; copyright clearance is separate from those checks.
Research search match: Searches for 1952 California harbor home movie, 8mm ship passengers, General Steamship Co. pier, and mid-century waterfront travel may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other California 1952 harbor scenes, then broader 1950s ship travel and waterfront material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California home-movie frame of adults leaning on a white ship balcony with deck equipment behind them. — Passengers or visitors stand at a ship railing in bright daylight.

A docked black-and-white vessel sits beside a California pier building with General Steamship Co. signage. — Docked vessel and waterfront building seen across the harbor water.

Soft 8mm view of a black-and-white ship moored beside a waterfront building and pier in California. — Harbor view of the ship, pier, and commercial waterfront structure.

A dark-hulled ship with a funnel is moored near pilings and industrial dock structures in a 1952 California harbor scene. — Moored ship framed by harbor pilings and dockside equipment.

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