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California USA-1952: Woman Exiting Car with Mountain Backdrop

$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.

  • Year1952
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationCalifornia, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

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Woman Exiting Car with Mountain Backdrop — Clip Details

A woman in a light-colored suit and skirt exits a vintage 1950s car in a mountainous, rural setting. Shot on 8mm film in 1952, the footage captures her stepping from the vehicle and turning to face the scenic landscape. The clip features natural lighting, period-appropriate clothing, and a nostalgic, home movie aesthetic with visible film grain and slight color fading. The background reveals hills and sparse vegetation, suggesting a road trip through California's countryside.

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
123340401

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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Topics & Keywords

  • car
  • video
  • home video
  • forties
  • 40's
  • woman
  • exits
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  • skirt
  • jacket
  • mountainous
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  • background
  • people
  • new orleans to pacific trip
  • 1952
  • 1952 vintage car exit
  • woman in 1950s suit
  • California road trip
  • 8mm home movie
  • 1950s fashion
  • mountainous landscape
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  • retro car
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  • 1950s home video
  • classic car
  • 1950s woman
  • scenic drive
  • archival footage
  • 1950s lifestyle
  • vintage travel
  • 8mm film
  • historical footage
  • 1950s clothing
  • 1950s car

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1950s California road-trip, family travel, and rural motoring sequences needing authentic 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail
The mid-century car, light skirt suit, and 8mm color stock support the 1952 metadata and may show postwar road-trip dress and travel habits.
Home-movie behavior
The woman exits the car and turns near the roadside with an informal, personal-camera quality rather than staged performance.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a coastal or waterside road view, a 1950s car, an open door, a woman in a pale suit, dry hills, shrubs, and mountains.
Film character
The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing consistent with home-movie scanning.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a short travel insert, road-trip transition, arrival beat, or memory cutaway within a 1950s California sequence.
Historical context
The footage places a dressed woman beside a car in a dry mountainous setting, suggesting leisure travel or a scenic roadside stop.
Research note
A recognizable adult face appears, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright and any location or vehicle identification checks.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1952 California 8mm road trip, woman exiting vintage car, 1950s home movie travel, and mountain roadside footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent reel material, then with 1952 California travel footage, then with 1950s road-trip, car, and scenic roadside themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California 8mm frame showing a distant road or waterfront scene with palm silhouettes and a low barrier.
A distant roadside or waterfront view appears through soft 8mm exposure.
Open door of a 1950s car in a dry California mountain setting, with shrubs and rocky hillside behind it.
The car door stands open beside dry hillside vegetation.
Adult woman in a light skirt suit stands beside an open 1950s car door in a rural California hillside setting.
A woman steps out beside the open car door near the hillside.
Woman viewed from behind near an open 1950s car door, with dry hills and mountains in the California landscape.
The woman turns toward the mountainous landscape beside the car.

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