San Francisco California-1952: Man Walking in Front of Rustic Building

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

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Man Walking in Front of Rustic Building — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a man in a light gray suit and dark tie walking and smiling in front of a rustic wooden building with decorative trim and a grapevine mural. The structure features a stone base, multiple glass block windows, and a 'VISITORS WELCOME' sign. A vintage truck is parked nearby as people gather at the entrance, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American roadside scene. The footage exhibits natural film grain and warm color tones typical of 1950s home movies.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 123341920

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for 1950s San Francisco-area home-movie material showing a suited visitor outside a rustic roadside storefront or visitor entrance.
Period detail: The light gray suit, dark tie, glass-block windows, decorative wood trim, and vintage truck may show mid-century American roadside design cues.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged home-movie moment of a man walking, smiling, and glancing toward the camera during a casual stop.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suited man, rustic wood facade, stone base, glass-block windows, decorative trim, visitor sign, entrance canopy, and parked truck.
Film character: The 8mm scan has warm color, soft focus, uneven exposure, visible grain, and slight handheld framing consistent with physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century travel, storefront, or visitor-arrival sequences.
Historical context: The clip gives visual context for a 1952 leisure or visitor stop, with formal dress and roadside architecture seen through a family-film perspective.
Research note: People and signage are visible, so likeness, trademark, location, and property questions should be reviewed separately from footage copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1952 8mm San Francisco home movie, suited man outside visitor entrance, rustic storefront, and mid-century roadside stop.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1952 San Francisco material, then mid-century travel, storefront, and visitor-arrival scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 home-movie frame showing a rustic wooden building facade with decorative trim, glass-block windows, and a stone base. — Rustic storefront facade with decorative trim and glass-block windows.

A suited man walks past a rustic wooden building with glass-block windows and a partially visible visitor sign in 1952 footage. — Suited man walking past the visitor entrance and wooden facade.

A smiling man in a light gray suit faces the camera near the rustic storefront in this 1952 San Francisco home-movie frame. — Smiling suited man near the storefront facade.

The visitor entrance is seen with several people near the doorway, a visible sign, glass-block windows, and a parked vintage truck. — Visitor entrance with people gathered by the doorway and a truck parked nearby.

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