San Francisco California-1952: Two Cargo Ships Crossing Bay

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

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Two Cargo Ships Crossing Bay — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of two large cargo ships crossing the bay from a high vantage point in San Francisco. The footage, framed by a window, shows the ships moving across the deep blue water, with a cityscape of rooftops visible in the foreground. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural imperfections, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century maritime activity and urban life.

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: 123341377

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s San Francisco maritime or harbor-life edits needing a short, elevated home-movie view of ships crossing the bay.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century 8mm color footage with distant cargo vessels, bay water, and foreground rooftops; the 1952 date is supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a high indoor or sheltered vantage point, framing the bay through a window-like edge rather than staging the ships.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two large ships, blue bay water, hazy shoreline, foreground rooftops, dark window or film-frame borders, and dust marks.
Film character: The scan carries soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, gate edges, dust specks, and mild handheld instability as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a brief establishing insert, maritime cutaway, transition, or reflective memory beat for San Francisco harbor material.
Historical context: The view documents everyday maritime movement in San Francisco Bay from a residential or elevated urban perspective without visible people.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location, vessel identity, and property-context review may still be needed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1952 8mm San Francisco Bay ships, vintage home movie cargo vessels, and mid-century harbor view footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel San Francisco material, then other 1952 California views, then broader mid-century ship and harbor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 San Francisco Bay home-movie frame showing two ships on blue water, seen from an elevated view with rooftops below. — Two ships move across San Francisco Bay beyond foreground rooftops.

1952 San Francisco Bay view with two ships crossing the water, framed by dark edges and foreground rooflines. — A pair of vessels crosses the bay in a hazy elevated view.

1952 San Francisco Bay footage frame with a large ship and smaller vessel passing beyond sloped foreground roofs. — Ships pass across the bay behind the urban rooftops.

1952 San Francisco Bay home-movie frame showing distant ships on the water with rooftops below and visible film wear. — Distant ships remain visible through a soft, scratched 8mm frame.

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