California USA-1952: Men Walk Past Cabrillo Monument At Point Loma

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Men Walk Past Cabrillo Monument At Point Loma — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1952 captures a stone monument at Point Loma, California, featuring a bronze ship sculpture and a plaque commemorating Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo's 1542 landing. The footage shows a man in a light-colored suit walking past the historic marker, with the camera panning slightly to follow his movement. The scene is shot in natural daylight under a clear sky, with the film exhibiting characteristic grain and color saturation of mid-century home movies. The monument's inscription details Cabrillo's role as a distinguished Portuguese navigator and his discovery of California.

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: 123339500

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: 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: Supports 1950s California travel, landmark, and heritage cutaway requests needing visitor-shot 8mm footage of the Cabrillo monument at Point Loma.
Period detail: The light suit, color 8mm stock, and roadside monument view fit an early-1950s home-movie travel record, with the 1952 date supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective as the camera holds on the monument while a man walks through the foreground rather than staging a formal landmark view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the bronze ship sculpture, dark plaque, stone backing wall, blue sky, visitor in a light suit, and partial palm or vegetation at frame edge.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm focus, visible grain, mild color fading, and handheld framing that give the landmark view a mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, travel transition, or historical cutaway for Point Loma, Cabrillo, or California road-trip sequences.
Historical context: The frames show how a mid-century visitor encountered a public commemorative marker, with the monument text and ship form emphasizing exploration memory at Point Loma.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; the monument appears public, but copyright, location, and property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1952 California 8mm home movie, Point Loma Cabrillo monument, San Diego travel footage, and historic marker visitor scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1952 Point Loma or California travel footage, then broader monument and roadside heritage scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California home-movie frame showing the Cabrillo monument plaque and bronze ship sculpture at Point Loma. — The camera frames the Cabrillo monument with its ship sculpture and stone backing wall.

Cabrillo monument at Point Loma with plaque, ship sculpture, stone wall, and a partial visitor entering the edge of frame. — A partial visitor appears at the edge as the monument remains centered.

A man in a light-colored suit passes in front of the Cabrillo monument during a 1952 California home-movie shot. — A suited visitor walks through the foreground beside the Cabrillo marker.

The visitor continues past the Cabrillo monument, with the plaque and stone wall filling most of the frame. — The man moves across the foreground while the plaque remains readable in the background.

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