California USA-1952: American Flag On Pole By The Sea

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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

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American Flag On Pole By The Sea — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a weathered American flag fluttering on a pole against a vast, calm sea under a pale sky. The footage, marked by natural film grain and age spots, shows the flag briefly in the lower right before the camera pans slightly, revealing more of the open water. The scene evokes a sense of quiet Americana and nostalgia, likely from a personal journey along the California coast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123339425

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

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 1234 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: miss universe
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1952 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: 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 1950s California coastal Americana requests needing a brief 8mm insert of a U.S. flag beside open water.
Period detail: The visible flagpole, pale sea horizon, and color 8mm texture may show a mid-century travel stop along the California coast.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a casual traveler viewpoint, with the camera holding on the flag and drifting toward the broad water beyond it.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a U.S. flag, flagpole, open sea, pale horizon, sky, dark frame edges, and film dust marks.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and contact-print edge shadows that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet cutaway, coastal transition, patriotic memory beat, or establishing insert within a 1950s travel sequence.
Historical context: The scene places a national flag against a calm shoreline view, suggesting personal travel or sightseeing rather than a documented public event.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright and any location-specific use should still be reviewed before licensing.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1952 8mm California coast flag, vintage American flag by sea, home movie ocean horizon, and midcentury travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1952 California travel footage, and then with coastal Americana or ocean-view flag scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California 8mm frame showing a U.S. flag on a pole against open water and a pale sky. — A U.S. flag rises near the edge of a calm coastal view.

1952 California 8mm frame with the flag partly cropped at right and a broad sea horizon in view. — The flag slips toward the frame edge as the water fills the view.

1952 California 8mm frame dominated by open sea, pale sky, and dark film borders, with the flag largely absent. — The camera drifts away from the flag toward open water.

1952 California 8mm frame showing a calm sea horizon, pale sky, and a partial flagpole along the right edge. — Only a narrow part of the flagpole remains as the sea view continues.

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