San Francisco California-1952: People Boarding Cable Car Near Seafood Market

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

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People Boarding Cable Car Near Seafood Market — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage footage captures a classic San Francisco cable car, number 501, navigating a city street. Passengers board and disembark as pedestrians in period attire walk along the sidewalk. The scene transitions to a bustling outdoor seafood market where vendors prepare fresh crabs and other seafood at a wooden stall, with a ship visible in the background. The warm, slightly faded colors and film grain evoke a nostalgic mid-century urban atmosphere, offering authentic archival footage of daily life and transportation in 1950s San Francisco.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123341726

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: Yes
Audible music: No

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s documentary or editorial requests needing San Francisco street transportation and waterfront market life from authentic 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: Visible clues include a cream-and-green cable car, mid-century coats and hats, older parked cars, open seafood displays, and hand-lettered market signage that may show local retail practice.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, watching people board a cable car and then observing seafood vendors working at a sidewalk stall.
What appears in frame: Frames show cable car 501 on tracks, waiting pedestrians, overhead wires, street posts, a seafood counter, crabs on display, vendors handling a box, and parked cars beyond the stall.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, faded color, and handheld framing that give the scenes a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, transportation cutaway, waterfront market transition, or mid-century urban memory beat.
Historical context: The footage visually connects everyday transit with outdoor food commerce in San Francisco, showing public street activity and market labor without staged presentation.
Research note: People and possible signage or branding are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location context should be reviewed separately from footage copyright status.
Research search match: Researchers may find it under 1952 San Francisco 8mm cable car footage, vintage seafood market, mid-century street life, or home movie urban transportation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with San Francisco 1952 material, and then with related cable car, waterfront, market, seafood, and city street footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 San Francisco street scene with cable car 501 approaching or stopped on tracks as pedestrians wait nearby. — Cable car 501 passes along a city street with pedestrians standing near the stop.

Cable car 501 in San Francisco with passengers or pedestrians gathered at the side during a brief street stop. — People stand beside cable car 501 as it pauses on the street tracks.

San Francisco seafood stall with vendors working behind a counter covered with crabs and other seafood in 1952 footage. — Vendors work at an outdoor seafood counter with crabs laid out in front.

A seafood vendor works over a sidewalk stall in 1952 San Francisco footage, with crabs displayed and street traffic behind. — A vendor handles items behind a seafood stall while crabs are displayed on the counter.

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