San Francisco California-1952: Man at Crab Vendor Stall with Fresh Crabs

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

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Man at Crab Vendor Stall with Fresh Crabs — Clip Details

A man in a fedora and light-colored sweater walks toward a crab vendor stall at a bustling outdoor market in San Francisco, 1952. The vendor displays a prominent red-and-white sign advertising "CRABS 3 FOR $1" above a wooden crate filled with fresh crabs. The scene, captured on 8mm film, shows warm, saturated colors and natural daylight, with another man in a suit briefly entering the frame. The grainy texture and slight motion blur evoke authentic mid-century home movie footage, capturing a slice of everyday life and commerce in a vintage urban setting.

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: 123341760

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

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 market-life requests needing everyday street commerce, food vending, or mid-century urban B-roll from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The fedora, suit, hand-painted crab price sign, wooden display crates, and color 8mm look support a mid-century outdoor market setting in San Francisco.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a passerby approaching a crab stall from a casual pedestrian viewpoint, preserving an unstaged moment of browsing and street trade.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a fedora and light sweater, a crab vendor stall, wooden crates of crabs, a red-and-white price sign, awning shade, and another suited man.
Film character: The footage has saturated color, visible grain, soft focus, handheld framing, and slight motion blur consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short insert, food-market cutaway, San Francisco transition, or memory beat within a sequence about urban commerce or travel.
Historical context: The clip shows everyday seafood vending and pedestrian activity in a public market setting without making claims about a specific landmark or named business.
Research note: People and signage are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location identification should be reviewed separately from copyright status before publication.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s San Francisco market footage, crab vendor sign, outdoor seafood stall, mid-century street commerce, and color 8mm home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1952 San Francisco market scenes, and finally with broader seafood vending or street-commerce footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1952 San Francisco market footage, a man in a fedora walks toward crates of crabs below a sign reading "CRABS 3 FOR $1." — A passerby approaches a crab vendor display beneath a large price sign.

A man in a hat stands with his back to the camera near a crab stall and prominent red-and-white price sign in San Francisco. — The man pauses near the crab display as the sign fills the upper frame.

The passerby moves closer to a shaded crab vendor stall, with crates of seafood below the hand-painted price sign. — A rear view shows the passerby nearing the crab stall under the market awning.

A suited man enters the market scene while the man in a sweater faces the crab display beneath the red-and-white sign. — Another man appears near the stall as the crab display remains in view.

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