San Francisco California-1937: B-Roll Showing The Community Fountain

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

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B-Roll Showing The Community Fountain — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched fountain in San Francisco, California. The clip features a large, multi-tiered stone fountain with white sculptural figures, water cascading down its levels. Visitors in period attire stroll through the park-like setting, with trees and buildings visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage of mid-20th century public life and art.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 124760502

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

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 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: Useful for 1930s San Francisco b-roll, public fountain cutaways, and documentary scenes needing real home-movie views of civic leisure and public art.
Period detail: The clip shows visitors in period coats and hats around a stone fountain, with 1930s dating supported by the supplied metadata rather than by any identifiable landmark text.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the fountain from a visitor's perspective, lingering on water movement, sculpture, and passersby rather than staging action for the lens.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a multi-tier fountain, white sculptural figures, cascading water, paved walkways, planted borders, trees, distant buildings, and visitors in coats and hats.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the texture of a scanned home movie.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short establishing insert, civic-life cutaway, memory beat, or transition into San Francisco public-space material.
Historical context: The footage documents visitors moving through a landscaped urban fountain setting, offering visual context for everyday public leisure and outdoor civic design.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no brands are visible, and copyright status is separate from any privacy, property, or publicity concerns.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1937 San Francisco fountain footage, 1930s public art b-roll, 8mm home movie civic space, and vintage California park visitors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1937 San Francisco material, then with public fountains, civic sculpture, parks, and visitor leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 San Francisco home-movie frame showing a tiered public fountain, white sculpture, trees, and a visitor in period clothing. — Visitor passes a sculptural fountain with water cascading over the basin.

Home-movie view of a San Francisco fountain with white sculptural figures, falling water, trees, and building edges in the background. — White sculptural figures sit around the fountain as water falls into the lower basin.

1937 San Francisco frame with a man in a long coat near the sculptural fountain, with a broad spray of water behind him. — A visitor stands near the fountain while water sprays across the upper tier.

Home-movie frame of the San Francisco fountain from a side angle, showing cascading water, sculpture, trees, and distant hillside. — The camera settles on the fountain tiers and central spray from a side view.

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