San Francisco California-1937: Young People Walking Near Fountains in City Park

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 San Francisco California

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Young People Walking Near Fountains in City Park — Clip Details

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA-1937: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a group of young people strolling through a sun-drenched city park. They walk past a grand central fountain with a towering water jet, surrounded by smaller fountains and modernist architectural structures. The black-and-white footage, marked by classic film grain and slight motion blur, shows the group in period attire—women in hats and dresses, men in suits and caps—enjoying a leisurely day. The scene exudes mid-1930s Americana nostalgia, with the bustling park serving as a backdrop for a moment of everyday life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 124760180

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: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1937 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s San Francisco home-movie footage for productions needing a brief city-park leisure scene with young adults walking near fountains.
Period detail: Clothing such as brimmed hats, dresses, suits, caps, and light summer layers supports a late-1930s urban-visitor impression.
Home-movie behavior: The group appears to stroll casually toward the camera, giving the scene an unstaged visitor or family-outing quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a walking group, large fountain jets, smaller water features, paved park grounds, trees, and tall modernist structures.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, grain, gate edges, slight blur, and handheld framing typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for urban recreation, travel, or everyday prewar American life.
Historical context: The scene shows public leisure in an urban park setting, with visitors moving through formal fountain architecture in period dress.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, music, or private interiors are apparent from these frames.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1930s San Francisco park fountains, vintage 8mm city visitors, and black-and-white home movie walking group.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1937 San Francisco scenes, then broader 1930s public-park and fountain footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 San Francisco home-movie frame showing young adults walking near fountain jets and modernist park structures. — Young people pass fountains in a city park setting.

Black-and-white 8mm frame with visitors near fountains in a San Francisco park, partly cropped by the film frame. — Visitors move through the lower edge of the fountain scene.

1937 San Francisco park scene with a small group in period clothing walking toward the camera by fountain pools. — A small group approaches the camera near the fountains.

Black-and-white 1937 San Francisco frame showing visitors walking together past fountains and landscaped park features. — Visitors walk together with fountain jets behind them.

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