San Francisco California-1953: Military Soldiers in Green Uniforms with Rifles Standing Near Blue Building

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

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Military Soldiers in Green Uniforms with Rifles Standing... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage footage captures a group of military soldiers in green uniforms and caps standing near a wooden fence outside a blue building in San Francisco, California. The soldiers, some carrying rifles, appear to be waiting or assembling, with a blue arched sign visible on the building's wall. The scene is bathed in a strong blue tint, characteristic of aged home movie film, with visible grain and slight camera shake. The footage offers a candid glimpse into mid-century military life, with a nostalgic, archival quality perfect for historical or documentary 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: 123345275

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 San Francisco or mid-century military assembly requests needing brief editorial cutaways of uniformed service members outside a building.
Period detail: The uniforms, caps, rifles, wooden fencing, and blue-painted building may show a mid-century military or naval setting, with a dated sign visible but not fully legible.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observer's home-movie feel, catching service members standing, turning, and gathering without staged performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include uniformed soldiers, caps, rifles, a wooden fence, a blue building, an arched wall sign, windows, and strong blue film coloration.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows pronounced grain, blue color shift, high contrast, soft focus, and slight handheld instability consistent with aged home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, military-life cutaway, transition beat, or visual bridge in a sequence about 1950s service culture.
Historical context: The scene documents a group of uniformed men assembled near a fenced building, offering visual context for everyday military presence rather than a confirmed event.
Research note: People, faces, military context, rifles, and a visible sign should be reviewed for likeness, trademark or institutional identification, and contextual use rights.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1950s 8mm military soldiers with rifles, San Francisco service members outside building, and home movie naval assembly.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then San Francisco 1952 material, then related military, naval, uniformed service, or assembly footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1950s San Francisco home-movie frame showing uniformed men near a wooden fence and blue building with a partially legible arched sign. — Uniformed service members stand near a fenced blue building.

Uniformed men, some carrying rifles, gather near a wooden fence outside a blue building in the San Francisco home-movie footage. — Service members gather behind the fence near the building wall.

Several uniformed service members stand or walk near a wooden fence, with the blue building and arched wall sign behind them. — Men in uniform move and wait beside the wooden fence.

A larger group of uniformed men, including rifle carriers, gathers near the fence and blue building in this 1950s San Francisco frame. — A group of uniformed men assembles with rifles near the fence.

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