San Francisco California USA-1973: Tall Triangular Skyscraper Against Purple Sky

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

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Tall Triangular Skyscraper Against Purple Sky — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1973 captures the iconic Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, California, its distinctive triangular shape rising against a deep purple twilight sky. The low-angle shot emphasizes the building's unique modernist architecture, with its stepped, pyramid-like form and grid of windows. A neighboring high-rise building appears to the left, while a partial street sign reading "TOWN" is visible in the lower right. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight camera shake, offering authentic archival footage of a historic landmark during a quiet moment in the city.

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: 120966257

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 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: Useful for 1970s documentary or editorial requests needing a brief San Francisco architectural landmark view from original 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frame shows the Transamerica Pyramid and adjacent downtown high-rises with period color response and street-level signage consistent with the supplied 1973 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, looking upward from the street at an eye-catching skyline feature rather than presenting a staged architectural study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the triangular Transamerica Pyramid, a neighboring rectangular high-rise, purple-blue sky, partial street signage, dark film-frame edges, and slight handheld reframing across the contact sheet.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, cool color shift, uneven exposure, and gate-edge framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short city-establishing insert, architectural cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition within a San Francisco sequence.
Historical context: The view places modern downtown architecture in a casual street-level home-movie context without showing crowds, traffic detail, or identifiable people.
Research note: No people are visible, but the recognizable landmark and partial signage should be reviewed for trademark, location, and property-context questions separate from footage copyright clearance.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1970s San Francisco 8mm footage, Transamerica Pyramid home movie, downtown skyscraper cutaway, and vintage California architecture footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1973 San Francisco exteriors, and then with broader 1970s urban architecture or landmark travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 San Francisco 8mm frame looking up at the Transamerica Pyramid with a neighboring downtown high-rise and dark film edges visible. — Transamerica Pyramid and adjacent high-rise from street level.

1973 San Francisco frame with the Transamerica Pyramid centered near a neighboring high-rise, with partial street signage at the right edge. — Downtown skyscrapers framed by the 8mm gate.

1973 San Francisco 8mm view showing the Transamerica Pyramid, an adjacent tower, visible street-level signs, and cool shifted color. — Street signs below the Transamerica Pyramid skyline view.

1973 San Francisco frame with the Transamerica Pyramid prominent at right, neighboring downtown buildings, a lamppost, and partial commercial signage near street level. — Transamerica Pyramid rising above street-level signage.

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