San Francisco California-1953: Lighthouse on Rocky Jetty in San Francisco Bay

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

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Lighthouse on Rocky Jetty in San Francisco Bay — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of a lighthouse standing on a rocky jetty in San Francisco Bay. The clip, framed by dark window panes, shows the white lighthouse against a backdrop of distant hills and blue water under a clear sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: grainy texture, slight color fading, and subtle film scratches, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century coastal life. The camera remains steady, focusing on the lighthouse as it stands as a beacon of safety, with the surrounding water gently rippling. This archival clip evokes a sense of calm and historical charm, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123344850

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s San Francisco Bay home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet coastal lighthouse cutaway or period travel view.
Period detail: The clip may show an offshore lighthouse or beacon viewed from behind dark window framing, with blue bay water and low hills visible beyond.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels like a visitor filming through a window or railing, holding on the lighthouse as the boat or camera position shifts slightly.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white lighthouse on rocks, open bay water, distant hills, a clear sky, dark vertical window panes, and film-edge shadowing.
Film character: The 8mm image has dense grain, blue-biased color, high-contrast window bars, slight exposure variation, and small specks typical of scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a brief establishing insert, coastal transition, travel-memory beat, or maritime cutaway between broader San Francisco Bay sequences.
Historical context: The view records a mid-century tourist or traveler perspective on bay navigation infrastructure without showing people, vessels in detail, or street activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but landmark, location, copyright, and any property-status questions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s San Francisco Bay lighthouse, 8mm coastal travel footage, offshore beacon home movie, and vintage bay view through window.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other San Francisco or 1952 bay footage, then related lighthouse, harbor, water, and coastal travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1950s San Francisco Bay home-movie frame showing a lighthouse or beacon on rocks, bright water, distant hills, and dark window-like bars. — Bright bay view of a lighthouse framed by dark vertical bars.

1950s San Francisco Bay view of a white lighthouse or beacon on rocks, seen beyond dark vertical bars with low hills across the water. — White lighthouse stands on rocks against bay water and distant hills.

1950s home-movie frame from San Francisco Bay showing a lighthouse on a rocky outcrop, rippled water, distant hills, and dark vertical framing. — Lighthouse and rocky base viewed across rippled blue water.

1950s San Francisco Bay frame with dark vertical bars, blue water, distant hills, and the lighthouse partly cropped at the right edge. — The lighthouse slips toward the edge as hills and bay fill the frame.

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