San Francisco California-1952: The Tall Trees Inside The Woods Are Looking Dark

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

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The Tall Trees Inside The Woods Are Looking Dark — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this clip captures a dark, atmospheric view through a forest at night. Tall tree trunks stand as silhouettes against a deep green-black sky, with faint blue light filtering through the canopy. The image is grainy and dimly lit, showing classic Super 8 film artifacts like dust, scratches, and light leaks. The perspective suggests a handheld camera moving slowly through the woods, creating a mysterious and ominous mood. This archival footage evokes a sense of isolation and nostalgia, perfect for historical or atmospheric projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: HandheldNight
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123342042

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s San Francisco-area 8mm forest footage for documentary inserts, atmospheric transitions, or archival memory sequences needing dark trees and night-like woodland texture.
Period detail: The frames show few datable details, with the 1952 period supported by clip metadata rather than visible clothing, vehicles, signage, or built landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a home-movie perspective through a dim wooded area, valuing the operator's observational movement more than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall dark tree trunks, dense canopy shadows, deep green-black surroundings, small blue-white light gaps, film grain, and uneven exposure.
Film character: The 8mm scan has heavy grain, low-light exposure, soft focus, and slight frame-to-frame instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, suspense insert, or reflective memory beat between clearer location scenes.
Historical context: The footage records a quiet wooded view associated with the San Francisco, California metadata, but the frames themselves do not identify a specific park or landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though users should still confirm copyright status and any location-use requirements for their project.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1952 8mm forest at night, San Francisco archival woods, dark tree silhouettes, vintage home movie nature, and moody woodland cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1952 San Francisco material, then broader vintage forest or nighttime nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 home-movie frame from San Francisco metadata showing silhouetted tree trunks in a dim, green-black wooded view. — Tall trunks stand in near darkness with faint light filtering through the canopy.

Dim 8mm forest view with tall vertical trunks and scattered bright openings, tied to the clip's 1952 San Francisco metadata. — A dark central trunk divides the frame as broken light appears behind the trees.

Grainy 1952 home-movie frame showing dark wooded silhouettes and pale light streaks in the San Francisco-labeled clip. — The forest remains underexposed, with trunks and thin light streaks visible through the darkness.

Low-light 8mm frame from the 1952 San Francisco metadata showing dense tree silhouettes and bright canopy breaks. — Bright fragments of sky or light break through the trees at the edge of the dark frame.

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