Asti California-1952: Italian Swiss Colony Sign

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationAsti, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Italian Swiss Colony Sign — Clip Details

San Francisco California-1952: Vintage 8mm film footage captures a weathered welcome sign for the Italian Swiss Colony, featuring the ASTI logo and an 'Enter Here' directive. The shot, filmed from a moving vehicle, shows the sign against a bright sky with trees and power lines in the background. The final frames reveal the film's natural grain, scratches, and dark, unstable exposure, characteristic of home movie footage from the early 1950s. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American roadside culture.

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: 123341982

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: 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: Asti, 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 archival 8mm footage for edits needing a brief roadside sign, winery destination, or mid-century travel insert with visible brand caution.
Period detail: The ASTI logo, Italian Swiss Colony wording, painted roadside sign, power lines, and soft color 8mm texture support an early-1950s travel context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip appears shot from a passing vehicle, giving a visitor's quick roadside glimpse rather than a staged or promotional view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Italian Swiss Colony welcome sign, ASTI logo, enter-here panel, roadside brush, trees, power lines, bright sky, and dark film edges.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, soft focus, gate edges, scratches, uneven exposure, and dark transitional frames that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, roadside transition, travel-memory beat, or branded-location cutaway with clearance review.
Historical context: The footage may reflect mid-century American car travel and winery tourism through a brief roadside view of a destination sign.
Research note: Visible ASTI and Italian Swiss Colony branding should be reviewed separately from film copyright, with no people or likeness rights apparent in the frames.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1950s 8mm Italian Swiss Colony sign, ASTI roadside welcome sign, California winery home movie, and vintage travel sign footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then San Francisco or California 1952 material, then 1950s roadside signs and winery travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Italian Swiss Colony welcome sign seen from the roadside.

Underexposed 8mm frame after the sign passes, with dark green film texture, gate edge, and faint tree shapes at right. — Dark transitional frame with faint roadside trees.

Underexposed 1952 8mm frame with dark film texture, vertical gate edge, specks, and small bright tree shapes at the side. — Underexposed home-movie frame with film grain and foliage.

Final 8mm frame is mostly dark and green-toned, with visible grain, scratches, and a narrow strip of roadside foliage at right. — Final dark frame showing grain, scratches, and faint roadside foliage.

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