California-1952: Luckenbach Cargo Ship in Harbor

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Luckenbach Cargo Ship in Harbor — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures the Luckenbach cargo ship docked in a California harbor. The large vessel, painted black with a red and white funnel bearing a prominent 'L' logo, sits calmly on the water under a clear sky. Cranes and port infrastructure are visible in the background, suggesting active commercial shipping. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight blurriness, and natural color fading, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century maritime activity.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 127545770

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: Useful for 1950s maritime, California harbor, commercial shipping, and industrial waterfront sequences needing authentic home-movie-era insert footage.
Period detail: The Luckenbach name, painted funnel logo, cargo gear, cranes, and muted color 8mm look support a mid-century port setting without identifying a specific harbor.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint from shore or another dockside position, observing a moored cargo vessel rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the black-hulled Luckenbach ship, red-and-white funnel, deck structures, masts, cranes, harbor water, sky, and film frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, gate edges, dust specks, mild exposure variation, and aged color that give the harbor view physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, establishing insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century shipping and waterfront activity.
Historical context: The view places a branded cargo vessel within a working harbor environment, suggesting ordinary commercial shipping activity in archival home-movie form.
Research note: The Luckenbach name and funnel logo are visible, so trademark or brand review may be needed separate from copyright, with no likeness concerns apparent.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1952 8mm California harbor footage, Luckenbach cargo ship, mid-century freighter, docked vessel, and vintage port infrastructure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then California 1952 waterfront material, then broader mid-century cargo ship or harbor activity footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California harbor view of a black Luckenbach cargo ship with a red-and-white funnel and port cranes in the background. — Luckenbach cargo ship seen across harbor water with cranes and dock structures behind it.

Closer 1952 California harbor frame showing the Luckenbach name on the hull, the marked funnel, deck structures, and nearby port equipment. — Closer view of the Luckenbach vessel with its hull lettering and funnel mark visible.

1952 California harbor view of a light-colored cargo ship or freighter with multiple masts, seen softly across the water. — A lighter cargo vessel appears in the harbor with masts and dockside structures around it.

Soft 1952 California harbor frame with distant vessel masts and waterfront details seen through dark 8mm frame edges. — Distant harbor details and ship masts are visible through dark frame borders and aged film texture.

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