San Francisco California-1952: Ocean Sunset over Rocky Coastline

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

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Ocean Sunset over Rocky Coastline — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a serene sunset over a rocky coastline. The sun glows orange at the horizon, casting warm light across the ocean as waves crash against dark silhouetted rocks. A lone bird flies across the sky in one frame, adding motion to the tranquil scene. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and subtle scratches, characteristic of mid-century home movies. This archival clip evokes nostalgia and peace, perfect for historical documentaries, editorial content, or vintage-themed projects.

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: 123340924

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: 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s San Francisco 8mm coastal sunset footage for documentary inserts, archive mood transitions, or period travel and nature sequences.
Period detail: The visible period detail is mainly the 8mm color home-movie texture rather than identifiable architecture, clothing, vehicles, or landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The footage reflects an unstaged visitor or family-film perspective, holding on the sun, surf, and silhouetted rocks as a quiet scenic moment.
What appears in frame: The frames show a low orange sun near the horizon, dark shoreline rocks, breaking ocean waves, hazy sky, soft clouds, and rounded film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has warm faded color, visible grain, gate edges, slight exposure variation, and small scratches consistent with scanned mid-century amateur 8mm film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a coastal establishing insert, reflective transition, end-of-day cutaway, or memory beat between travel or home-movie scenes.
Historical context: As visual context, the clip documents a mid-century recreational view of the Pacific coastline near San Francisco without showing people, buildings, or identifiable public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible in the supplied frames, but copyright status and location identification should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1950s 8mm San Francisco ocean sunset, vintage home movie rocky coast waves, California beach dusk archival footage, and Pacific shoreline sunset film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel coastal or travel footage, then with 1952 San Francisco or California exterior material, and then with broader vintage ocean sunset or waves themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 8mm home-movie frame showing the sun low over the Pacific, with waves breaking around silhouetted rocks near San Francisco, California. — Low sun over rocky surf.

1952 8mm frame of a warm sunset at the ocean horizon, with dark coastal rocks and choppy surf silhouetted in the foreground. — Sunset behind coastal rocks.

1952 San Francisco coastal home-movie frame with the sun just above the horizon and waves washing through dark rock formations. — Waves below the setting sun.

1952 8mm frame showing the sun nearly at the horizon as surf breaks across a rocky California shoreline under a fading evening sky. — Final sunset view over surf.

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