San Francisco California USA-1973: Uniquely Designed Transamerica Pyramid

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 San Francisco California

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Uniquely Designed Transamerica Pyramid — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1973 captures the iconic Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, California, against a deep purple twilight sky. The distinctive pyramid-shaped skyscraper dominates the frame, its unique geometric design and grid-like windows clearly visible. A lower, blocky building appears in the foreground to the left, providing scale. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight camera movement, offering authentic archival footage of this landmark. The scene evokes mid-20th century urban architecture and retro nostalgia.

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: 120966237

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
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 1395 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: honeymoon
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: salt lake,utah,sf, california,monerey,lake tahoe
Date: 1973 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: San Francisco, 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 1973 8mm San Francisco clip supports archival requests for 1970s urban architecture, skyline landmarks, and concise documentary cutaways of the Transamerica Pyramid.
Period detail: The footage shows the Transamerica Pyramid and adjacent downtown high-rise forms with a 1970s home-movie color palette and visible small-gauge film texture.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot landmark perspective, looking upward from street level with slight handheld movement rather than a staged architectural survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the pointed pyramid tower, rows of dark window openings, a blocky neighboring high-rise, purple-blue sky, soft clouds, film grain, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries dense grain, purple color shift, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld steadiness that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, architectural cutaway, city-memory beat, or transition into a San Francisco sequence.
Historical context: The view places a distinctive modern skyscraper within downtown San Francisco’s 1970s built environment without showing street life or public activity.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review building/property, copyright, and location-use considerations for the intended release.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1973 San Francisco 8mm Transamerica Pyramid, 1970s downtown architecture home movie, and vintage California skyscraper footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with San Francisco or 1973 urban footage, and finally with broader 1970s architecture or landmark city views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 San Francisco 8mm frame showing the Transamerica Pyramid from a low angle with a neighboring high-rise and dark film border visible. — Low-angle view of the Transamerica Pyramid and adjacent high-rise.

1973 San Francisco 8mm frame with the Transamerica Pyramid dominating the right side and a blocky downtown building partly visible at left. — Transamerica Pyramid framed against a blue-purple sky.

1973 San Francisco 8mm frame showing a closer low-angle view of the Transamerica Pyramid and adjacent high-rise under a purple sky. — Closer view of the tower face and nearby building.

1973 San Francisco 8mm frame showing the Transamerica Pyramid from street level beside a neighboring high-rise, with grain and dark film border evident. — Street-level upward view of the Transamerica Pyramid.

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