Alaska-1946: Shell Gas Station in Winter Snow

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationAlaska, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Alaska

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Shell Gas Station in Winter Snow — Clip Details

ALASKA-1946: Vintage 8mm film captures a snowy winter day outside a Chevrolet service station. Yellow Shell gas pumps stand in the snow near a building with large windows. A Chevrolet sign and a Vulcanizing service advertisement are visible on the building's facade. Snowbanks line the street, and the footage shows a quiet, cold day with a distinct purple tint and grainy film quality characteristic of 1940s home movies.

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: 124550293

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 1178 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: 2
Reel-level year note: 1946
Reel-level location note: alaska
Date: 1946 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: Alaska, 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 1940s Alaska documentary sequences needing a brief exterior view of winter streetside auto service and fuel infrastructure.
Period detail: Visible Shell gas pumps, Chevrolet signage, vulcanizing lettering, snowbanks, and storefront windows may show mid-1940s roadside commercial service details.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the snowy storefront from across the street with a quiet, handheld home-movie pause rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: The frames show yellow Shell pumps, large building windows, a Chevrolet sign, vulcanizing text, snowbanks, utility poles, and a parked service vehicle.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, slight handheld drift, dark frame edges, and a purple color cast from aged film or scanning.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, location insert, winter transition, or memory beat for postwar Alaska street life.
Historical context: The clip documents a snowy commercial streetscape where automobile service branding and winter road conditions share the frame.
Research note: Visible Shell and Chevrolet branding should be reviewed separately from copyright status, though no people or audible music are indicated.
Research search match: Researchers may find this under 1946 Alaska home movie, 8mm snowy Chevrolet service station, Shell gas pumps, vulcanizing storefront, or winter street cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Alaska exteriors, then broader winter roadside commerce and vintage service station footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Alaska 8mm frame showing yellow Shell gas pumps near a snowbank outside a commercial building. — Shell gas pumps beside a snow-covered storefront.

Snowy 1946 Alaska street view with a Chevrolet sign, vulcanizing text, and piled snow along the curb. — Chevrolet and vulcanizing signage above deep snowbanks.

1946 Alaska storefront view with Chevrolet branding, vulcanizing service text, snowbanks, and a partial vehicle. — Snowbanks obscure part of a Chevrolet service storefront.

End frame of a 1946 Alaska street scene with Chevrolet storefront signage, snow piled at the curb, and part of a vehicle. — Chevrolet storefront and snowbank in a purple-tinted 8mm frame.

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