San Francisco California-1953: Stunning Yellow Sun Setting Behind Trees On A

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

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Stunning Yellow Sun Setting Behind Trees On A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a stunning sunset over a mountainous landscape. The sun glows a brilliant yellow as it dips behind distant peaks, casting long silhouettes of evergreen trees across the foreground. Warm golden light bathes the sky, transitioning from deep orange near the horizon to pale yellow above. The footage shows natural film grain, slight lens flare, and subtle frame jitter, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. This nostalgic clip evokes a sense of peaceful solitude in nature, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or historical storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123343027

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 color 8mm home-movie sunset footage for editors needing a quiet nature transition, scenic insert, or reflective period memory beat.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-century amateur color film view, with evergreen silhouettes, distant ridgelines, and no visible buildings, vehicles, clothing, or landmarks to date the scene visually.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a home-movie maker holding on a sunset rather than recording an arranged activity or identifiable public event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a low yellow sun, dark evergreen trees, distant mountain ridges, warm sky bands, lens flare, heavy foreground shadow, and rounded film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture through visible grain, warm color shift, soft focus at the horizon, slight jitter, and exposure breathing around the bright sun.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a scenic cutaway, end-of-day transition, contemplative pause, or visual bridge between travel, memory, or landscape sequences.
Historical context: As visual evidence, the clip mainly documents amateur outdoor filming and mid-century color home-movie aesthetics rather than a specific identifiable San Francisco landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, source ownership, and any location claim should still be checked separately from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1950s 8mm sunset footage, vintage mountain sunset, evergreen silhouettes, color home movie landscape, or archival nature transition.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then with other 1952 San Francisco or California footage, and finally with broader 1950s outdoor sunset and landscape home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1950s color 8mm frame of a yellow sun near the horizon, silhouetted evergreens, and distant mountain ridges, location listed as San Francisco area. — Sunset glows behind evergreen silhouettes and dark ridgelines.

Color 8mm view of the sun dipping toward distant ridges, framed by dark evergreen branches and a warm yellow-orange sky. — The sun sits just above the ridgeline, framed by trees.

Listed 1952 California 8mm frame showing a yellow sunset over shadowed hills, with evergreen trees silhouetted in the foreground. — Warm sunset light fades behind a dark mountain horizon.

Final 8mm frame of the sunset, with the sun low over distant ridges and evergreen silhouettes against a warm sky. — A low sun and lens flare mark the end of the sunset shot.

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