California-1939: Passengers With Corsages Crowd a Steamer Deck Rail as a Streamer Flies

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 · California, United States

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What is in this clip

sailing day
ocean travel
farewell
1930s fashion
leisure cruising
crowds
celebration

Shot type: medium
Camera: pan · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Upper deck of a passenger steamship, with a crowd behind white pipe railings
Time and weather: day · overcast
Lighting: soft diffuse daylight
People: 15 · Adult passengers in coats and dark dresses, many women wearing large white corsages, a man in a light-coloured hat at the right; a child may be among them
Vehicles: steamship
Objects: deck railing · stanchions · corsages · paper streamer · hats · ship superstructure · rigging lines
Colors: grey · black · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Passengers crowd the deck behind white railings and stanchions.
The pan moves right across more passengers wearing corsages.
A paper streamer is flung through the frame.
A man in a pale hat and the ship's white superstructure close the shot.

Passengers With Corsages Crowd a Steamer Deck Rail as a... — Clip Details

Probably California, circa 1939 home movie footage of sailing day aboard the Grace Line steamer Santa Paula. A crowd of passengers stands packed behind the white pipe railing of an upper deck, several women wearing large white corsages and a man in a pale hat at the right. Midway through, a paper streamer is flung across the frame, and the view ends on the ship's white superstructure. Filmed in black and white with a slow handheld pan.

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: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000034

Rights & Clearance

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Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1939 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Meets requests for late-1930s ocean liner departures, bon voyage customs and prewar leisure travel in documentary, museum or period drama work.
Period detail: Large white corsages, women's dark hats and coats and a man's pale hat may show late-1930s sailing-day dress, consistent with the reel's 1938-model Ford.
Home-movie behavior: Shot by someone close to the departure, it catches unposed passengers chatting, leaning on the railing and looking around as the streamer flies.
What appears in frame: A crowd of passengers behind white pipe railings and stanchions, women with large corsages, a man in a pale hat, a paper streamer in motion, rigging lines and the ship's white superstructure.
Film character: Black-and-white small-gauge film with soft focus, fine grain, dust specks, darkened corners and a slightly unsteady handheld pan that gives it period texture.
Edit role: Works as a sailing-day cutaway or memory beat between dockside crowd shots and views of a ship pulling away.
Historical context: Throwing paper streamers and wearing corsages were common send-off customs at passenger ship departures, and the Grace Line's Santa Paula carried cruise passengers from 1933 until World War II.
Research note: Copyright in the home movie is separate from likeness rights: passengers' faces are visible though small, a child may be present, and the Grace Line ship identity is a trade name issue.
Research search match: 1930s ocean liner passengers at the rail, bon voyage streamers home movie, SS Santa Paula Grace Line footage, prewar cruise departure black and white film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's dockside send-off, the Santa Paula sailing out with smoke and the Ferry Building and Bay Bridge views, then other late-1930s California waterfront footage, then sailing-day farewells from other reels.

Still Frames From This Clip

Passengers crowd the upper deck of the steamer Santa Paula on sailing day, probably California, circa 1939 — Passengers gather behind the deck railing of the Santa Paula on sailing day, circa 1939.
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Women wearing large corsages lean on the railing of the Santa Paula, a late-1930s sailing day, probably in California — Corsages pinned to coats mark the occasion as passengers wait for departure.
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A paper streamer flies over passengers on the Santa Paula's deck at a sailing, probably California, circa 1939 — A paper streamer is flung across the deck as the sailing-day crowd looks on.
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Passengers and a man in a pale hat at the Santa Paula's railing beside the ship's superstructure, circa 1939, USA — The pan ends at the ship's white superstructure, with passengers still lining the deck.
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