San Francisco California-1963: Moon Rising Above Dark Horizon

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 San Francisco California

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Moon Rising Above Dark Horizon — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a dreamy, grainy night scene from San Francisco, California. The footage shows a dark, textured sky with a pale moon or bright celestial body glowing in the upper frame, above a softly lit horizon. The image has a distinct blue-purple tint and heavy film grain, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. The low-light conditions and analog imperfections create a nostalgic, atmospheric mood, evoking a quiet, contemplative moment under the night sky.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123773584

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 1112 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: knotts berry farm,zoo,san diego,mary,park,phillip
Reel-level year note: 1963
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1963 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 1960s archival requests needing a short San Francisco night-sky cutaway, atmospheric transition, or analog home-movie texture without identifiable people.
Period detail: The frames show low-light 8mm exposure, blue-purple color shift, heavy grain, and rounded frame edges consistent with a 1963 home-movie source, but no specific landmark is visible.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged amateur gaze upward or toward a dark horizon, valuing mood, weather, and light more than action or documented event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark sky, pale moon-like disc, soft horizon band, blue-toned lower field, film gate edges, dust marks, and heavy grain.
Film character: The footage carries pronounced 8mm grain, low-light softness, color fading, exposure falloff, and slight frame instability that read as original physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a night insert, memory beat, contemplative pause, or transition between broader San Francisco or 1960s home-movie scenes.
Historical context: As a short home-movie night view from 1963 San Francisco, it reflects personal filming of atmosphere and sky rather than a documented civic event or landmark.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, though copyright status and source permissions should still be reviewed separately from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1963 San Francisco night sky 8mm, vintage moon home movie, blue grainy sky footage, and 1960s analog atmospheric cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1963 San Francisco material, then broader 1960s night, moon, sky, or analog texture footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 San Francisco 8mm frame showing a dark blue-purple sky and faint horizon band, with heavy grain and visible film gate edges. — Dark sky and soft horizon line recorded on grainy 8mm film.

Low-light 1963 San Francisco 8mm frame with a muted horizon glow, dark sky, blue-purple color shift, and pronounced film grain. — Muted night horizon under a dark, grainy sky.

1963 San Francisco 8mm frame showing a small pale moon-like disc in a blue sky above a softly sloping light band and visible dust marks. — Small moon-like disc above a blue, softly exposed lower field.

Faded 1963 San Francisco 8mm frame with a faint moon-like disc, blue low-light sky, curved pale lower field, and analog film texture. — Faint moon-like disc in a blue night-sky frame.

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