San Francisco California-1953: Save The Trees And Keep Oregon Green

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

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Save The Trees And Keep Oregon Green — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched forest scene with tall pine trees silhouetted against a bright sky. The footage transitions to a close-up of a weathered sign reading 'WELCOME TO OREGON' with the message 'KEEP OREGON GREEN' and a tree icon. A woman in a red suit stands beside the sign, her figure slightly blurred by the film's age and motion. The clip exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color shifts, and natural film imperfections, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American travel memory.

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: 123342367

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 American travel or conservation sequences needing a brief home-movie view of forest scenery and a roadside Oregon forest-fire prevention sign.
Period detail: The woman's tailored red suit, roadside welcome signage, and 8mm color home-movie texture may show early-1950s leisure travel and public conservation messaging.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, moving from trees to a posed travel moment beside a state welcome and forest-protection sign.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall trees, bright sky, an Oregon welcome sign, a tree icon, conservation wording, a woman in a red suit, film edge shadows, and an overexposed frame.
Film character: The scan shows dense grain, warm color shifts, soft focus, gate edges, flicker, and exposure jumps consistent with aged 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick travel insert, conservation cutaway, road-trip transition, or memory beat between forest and roadside sign imagery.
Historical context: The visible sign frames Oregon forest-fire prevention as civic travel messaging, while the home-movie framing keeps the scene personal rather than official.
Research note: A visible adult face and sign graphics require review for likeness, trademark or campaign imagery, and contextual use; copyright clearance is separate from those concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s 8mm Oregon welcome sign, Keep Oregon Green sign, vintage forest-fire prevention, roadside travel home movie, and woman by state sign.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then with same-year Oregon or California travel footage, then with forest, road-trip, and conservation-sign themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A soft 8mm frame of tall forest trees and bright sky, with dark gate edges and color fading visible. — Forest trees appear in silhouette against a bright sky at the start of the clip.

A woman in a red suit stands near a Welcome to Oregon sign with a tree icon and Keep Oregon Green wording. — A woman poses beside a roadside Welcome to Oregon conservation sign.

The Oregon welcome and Keep Oregon Green sign appears darker, with the woman in red standing at the right edge. — The sign text is clearer in a darker frame, with the woman still posed beside it.

An overexposed 8mm frame appears mostly white, with faint dust marks and dark film edge visible at the side. — The clip ends on an overexposed frame with only film edge and faint marks visible.

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