San Francisco California USA-1973: Cars Driving Towards Fishermen's Grotto As People Pass

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

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

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Cars Driving Towards Fishermen's Grotto As People Pass — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1973 in San Francisco, California, capturing a bustling street scene at Fishermen's Grotto. The clip shows a white delivery truck and a classic white car driving past the iconic seafood restaurant, with pedestrians walking along the sidewalk. The footage features the distinctive grain and color saturation of 8mm film, with a prominent yellow sign for Fishermen's Grotto and a neighboring souvenir shop. The scene reflects mid-1970s urban life, with period-appropriate vehicles and clothing, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical storytelling.

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: 120966403

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: Yes
Minors 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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for productions needing 1970s San Francisco street-life footage at Fisherman's Wharf with traffic, pedestrians, and recognizable seafood-restaurant signage.
Period detail: The visible delivery truck, compact cars, storefront signs, clothing silhouettes, and 8mm color palette support a 1973 urban tourism setting in San Francisco as described by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot perspective from across the street, casually following vehicles and passersby rather than staging the scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include Fishermen's Grotto signage, a neighboring souvenir shop, a white delivery truck, a white car, pedestrians, curved roadway markings, storefront awnings, and streetlight poles.
Film character: The clip carries a home-movie 8mm look with soft focus, visible grain, slight gate framing, muted color shifts, and handheld observational movement.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, tourism cutaway, street-transition shot, or period memory beat for San Francisco in the early 1970s.
Historical context: The scene documents a tourist-oriented waterfront street with seafood and souvenir businesses, moving traffic, and pedestrians sharing a compact commercial frontage.
Research note: Recognizable business signage and visible pedestrians may require separate review for trademark, copyright, likeness, and contextual use, with no implied clearance guarantee.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1973 San Francisco 8mm street scene, Fishermen's Wharf home movie, Fishermen's Grotto traffic, 1970s California tourism footage, and vintage waterfront pedestrians.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1973 San Francisco or Fisherman's Wharf material, and then with broader 1970s urban tourism and street-traffic footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 San Francisco home-movie frame showing a white delivery truck and a white car driving past Fishermen's Grotto signage near a tourist storefront. — Traffic passes Fishermen's Grotto signage.

1973 San Francisco frame with Fishermen's Grotto signage above storefronts as a delivery truck and a white car travel through the waterfront street scene. — Vehicles move through the Fishermen's Wharf street scene.

1973 San Francisco home-movie view of Fishermen's Grotto and neighboring storefronts with pedestrians on the sidewalk and period cars along the street. — Pedestrians gather below waterfront storefront signs.

1973 San Francisco frame showing pedestrians in period clothing crossing the foreground near Fishermen's Grotto and neighboring tourist storefronts. — Pedestrians pass in front of Fishermen's Wharf businesses.

Visually Similar Clips