San Francisco California USA-1973: Alcatraz Island In Body Of Water With Buildings On It

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

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Alcatraz Island In Body Of Water With Buildings On It — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1973 showing Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay under a dark, overcast sky. The grainy, purple-tinted film captures the iconic prison complex and surrounding water with a nostalgic, atmospheric quality. The camera remains steady, offering a distant view of the island's buildings and rugged shoreline. This authentic archival clip features classic Super 8 film characteristics including visible grain, soft focus, and a slightly faded color palette, evoking a sense of historical Americana and mid-century travel.

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: 120966376

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: 1970s 8mm travel footage of Alcatraz Island for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing a distant San Francisco Bay landmark view.
Period detail: The clip shows a visitor-style 1973 view of Alcatraz Island from across the water, with soft color, grain, and distant shoreline detail consistent with amateur 8mm travel filming.
Home-movie behavior: The steady distant framing suggests an unstaged tourist or visitor perspective, recording the island as a recognizable landmark rather than a staged event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include Alcatraz Island, bay water, low island buildings, a tower-like structure, rocky shoreline, dark side borders, and a hazy overcast sky.
Film character: The footage has a purple-tinted 8mm film look with visible grain, soft focus, mild exposure variation, and contact-sheet edge artifacts that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, location cutaway, transition beat, or reflective memory shot for San Francisco Bay or Alcatraz-related material.
Historical context: The view documents Alcatraz as seen from the bay in the early 1970s, emphasizing its island setting and built complex without showing crowds or street-level activity.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should separately assess copyright status and any property or landmark-use considerations for their project.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1973 8mm Alcatraz Island footage, San Francisco Bay home movie, distant Alcatraz prison view, and 1970s California travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1973 San Francisco or Alcatraz views, and then with broader California travel or bay landmark material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Distant 1973 8mm view of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, with low buildings and rocky shoreline seen across rippled water. — Alcatraz Island across San Francisco Bay.

Distant 1973 San Francisco Bay view of Alcatraz Island, with the prison complex and a small bright light visible against a purple-tinted sky. — Distant view of Alcatraz with bay water in foreground.

Soft 8mm frame of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, showing the island's buildings, shoreline, and surrounding water beneath a muted sky. — Alcatraz seen through soft 8mm focus.

Final 1973 8mm view of Alcatraz Island from across San Francisco Bay, with rippled water, island buildings, and hazy background hills. — Alcatraz with hazy bay backdrop.

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