San Francisco California-1952: Silhouetted Tree Overlooking Ocean and Distant Landforms

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1952 San Francisco California

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Silhouetted Tree Overlooking Ocean and Distant Landforms — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a hauntingly beautiful coastal scene in San Francisco, California. A gnarled, leafless tree stands silhouetted against the deep blue ocean and pale sky, its twisted branches framing the view. The camera slowly pans across the water, revealing distant landforms on the horizon. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, contemplative mood, evoking mid-century Americana and personal memory. Ideal for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123340708

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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: 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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s 8mm San Francisco coastal footage suited to documentary inserts needing a quiet ocean overlook, silhouetted tree, and mid-century home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The frames show color 8mm coastal scenery from the 1952 metadata, with no visible vehicles, signs, buildings, or fashion cues to independently confirm the period.
Home-movie behavior: The camera appears to linger and pan from a visitor's overlook, valuing the view, tree silhouette, rocks, water, and distant shoreline rather than a staged subject.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bare twisted tree, blue ocean surface, pale sky, dark rocks, distant landforms, soft horizon, film gate edges, and mild frame jitter.
Film character: The clip has a physical 8mm look with soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, dark gate borders, and slight handheld drift that reads as home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a contemplative cutaway, scene transition, coastal memory beat, or visual pause between people-focused material on the same reel.
Historical context: The view may show a mid-century San Francisco-area coastal outing, emphasizing landscape observation and personal travel memory rather than a documented public event.
Research note: No logos or private property are visible in these frames, but the clip is flagged for people elsewhere, so copyright, likeness, and location review should remain separate.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1952 San Francisco 8mm coast, vintage home movie ocean overlook, silhouetted tree by water, and 1950s California shoreline footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1952 San Francisco footage, then broader 1950s California coast, ocean, and home-movie travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 San Francisco 8mm frame showing a gnarled tree silhouette overlooking blue ocean, distant shoreline, and dark coastal rocks. — A leafless tree frames the ocean view from a rocky coastal overlook.

1952 San Francisco coastal frame with a dark tree trunk and branches crossing the ocean view and low landforms on the horizon. — Tree limbs cut across the water and distant coastline.

1952 San Francisco 8mm view of ocean and distant shoreline, partly blocked by a silhouetted tree and rounded foreground rocks. — The pan opens more water and distant shoreline beyond the tree.

1952 San Francisco coastal frame showing blue ocean, low horizon landforms, dark rocks, and a leafless branch at the right edge. — The final frame holds on open water with rocks and branches at the edge of the view.

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