San Francisco California-1953: United States Soldier Addressing Letter In Mail

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

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United States Soldier Addressing Letter In Mail — Clip Details

A soldier in a dark uniform and cap stands at a U.S. Mail box on a military base, carefully addressing a letter. The scene is captured on 8mm film with rich, saturated colors and visible grain, showing a white picket fence and a covered walkway. In the background, other soldiers walk past under a wooden shelter. The final frames shift to a nighttime scene where a soldier exits a corrugated metal building under blue-tinted lighting, suggesting a shift in time or location. The footage evokes a nostalgic, authentic 1950s military atmosphere.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
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: 123345643

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 documentary edits needing U.S. military-base mail, uniformed service life, or home-front communication details in real 8mm footage.
Period detail: Visible clues include dark military uniforms, a U.S. Mail box, white picket fencing, covered walkways, and corrugated structures that fit the early-1950s base setting in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the quiet, unstaged action of a soldier handling a letter while other uniformed people pass through the background.
What appears in frame: The frames show a U.S. Mail box, uniformed soldiers, a white fence, covered walkways, base buildings, a corrugated doorway, and blue-tinted night lighting.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated color, visible grain, mild softness, high contrast, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert or transition for military correspondence, daily base routine, or a shift from daytime activity to nighttime barracks movement.
Historical context: The clip visually suggests everyday service life on a San Francisco military base without identifying a specific unit, event, or facility beyond the supplied metadata.
Research note: People and U.S. Mail signage are visible, so likeness and trademark or property review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1950s 8mm soldier writing letter, U.S. Mail on military base, San Francisco service member footage, and vintage barracks exterior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other San Francisco 1952 military-base footage, then with broader themes of soldiers, mail, barracks, and daily service routines.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supported 1950s San Francisco base footage, a uniformed soldier stands by a U.S. Mail box with other soldiers walking in the background. — A uniformed soldier handles a letter beside a U.S. Mail box on a base walkway.

A soldier in a dark uniform appears to address or read a letter beside a U.S. Mail box, with covered base walkways behind him. — The soldier focuses on the letter while standing next to the marked mail box.

A uniformed figure steps from a corrugated metal doorway as another figure stands nearby, shifting the clip into a darker blue-lit scene. — A figure emerges from a corrugated doorway during the darker final section.

The final frame holds on a corrugated building entrance with an open door and dark interior under blue-tinted lighting. — The scene ends on the open doorway of a corrugated base structure.

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