San Francisco California-1953: Seattle-Tacoma Airport Terminal Building

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

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Seattle-Tacoma Airport Terminal Building — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures the Seattle-Tacoma Airport terminal building in San Francisco, California. The white Art Deco-style structure features large windows and prominent signage under a clear blue sky. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows slight camera shake and natural film grain, evoking mid-century Americana. The scene is devoid of people, focusing on the architectural details and the era's clean lines, offering authentic archival footage for historical or nostalgic projects.

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: 123343154

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: 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: 1950s airport-terminal exterior footage for documentaries needing a brief architectural travel insert or mid-century transportation cutaway.
Period detail: The frame may show a mid-century airport terminal with streamlined white facade, ribbon windows, rooftop structures and large terminal signage.
Home-movie behavior: The view is filmed from behind or through a window frame, giving the clip the feel of a traveler recording a passing airport scene rather than a staged survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pale terminal building, large windows, airport lettering, roofline structures, trees, railings, blue sky and dark window-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, mild handheld movement, visible grain, exposure variation and contact-frame edges that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short travel transition, transportation establishing insert, architectural cutaway or memory beat within a 1950s journey sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually places air travel within a clean-lined mid-century terminal setting, though the clip alone does not document passenger activity or operations.
Research note: Large airport signage is visible, so trademark or location identification should be reviewed separately from copyright, with no likeness issue apparent.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s airport terminal exterior, 8mm travel footage, mid-century air travel building, and vintage airport signage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with same-year airport or California travel material, then with broader mid-century transportation exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

Reported 1950s 8mm view of an airport terminal exterior with white facade, rows of windows, large signage and blue sky. — Airport terminal exterior viewed from behind a dark window or film-frame edge.

Reported 1950s airport terminal exterior, with prominent lettering across the facade and dark frame edges from the filming position. — Terminal facade and signage under clear sky, partly bordered by dark frame edges.

Handheld 8mm view of a white airport terminal facade, with large signage partly visible above window rows and a pole at left. — Closer angle on the terminal windows and facade lettering.

Reported 1950s 8mm frame of an airport terminal exterior, showing signage across a pale facade with trees and railings below. — Airport terminal facade with signage, trees and railings in the foreground.

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