San Diego California USA-1949: Two Gentlemen With A Red Mobil Oil Truck And A Racing Car

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1949 California

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Two Gentlemen With A Red Mobil Oil Truck And A Racing Car — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from San Diego, California, 1949, showing a classic red Mobil oil tanker truck at a race track. A maroon Jaguar racing car with number 35 is parked nearby, with crew members in period attire attending to it. The scene captures mid-century automotive culture, with bright colors and film grain characteristic of 8mm home movies. The footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into 1940s motorsport and commercial branding.

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: 122718850

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 1660 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1949
Reel-level location note: del mar, california,chicago
Date: 1949 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 Diego, 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 1940s documentary or museum edits needing San Diego-area motorsport, service crews, and visible oil-brand support at a race setting.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century cars, work clothing, a red Mobil oil tanker, and a numbered racing car that support the supplied 1949 home-movie dating.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a casual spectator distance as crew members stand near the parked race car and truck, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie feel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a maroon number 35 racing car, a red Mobil oil truck, crew members, a dark Volkswagen Beetle, flags, pavement, and trackside buildings.
Film character: The 8mm footage has saturated color, soft focus shifts, visible grain, and slight handheld framing that read as original physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or transition beat for mid-century racing, petroleum branding, or postwar automobile culture.
Historical context: The scene places branded fuel support and amateur-looking crew activity beside a race car, showing how commercial vehicles and motorsport shared public space.
Research note: Visible faces and Mobil branding require review for likeness, trademark, and contextual use; copyright and rights clearance should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches for 1949 San Diego race track home movie, Mobil oil truck, vintage Jaguar racing car number 35, or 1940s 8mm motorsport may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel race track footage, then San Diego 1949 material, then broader 1940s motorsport, fuel service, and classic car scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 San Diego home-movie frame showing a maroon racing car near a red Mobil oil truck, crew members, and a dark Volkswagen Beetle. — A maroon race car sits near a red Mobil oil truck while crew members work around the vehicles.

The number 35 racing car is seen side-on with the Mobil truck and crew in the background.

San Diego 1949 home-movie view of a number 35 maroon race car, a red Mobil oil truck, and crew activity at a race setting. — Crew members stand near the Mobil truck as the number 35 race car remains parked in profile.

Soft 8mm frame from the 1949 San Diego clip showing the maroon number 35 race car near the red Mobil truck and crew. — The final frame is softer and slightly blurred, with the number 35 car still framed against the Mobil truck.

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