San Francisco California-1937: Elephant Ride and Women Strolling Garden Fountain

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

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Elephant Ride and Women Strolling Garden Fountain — Clip Details

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA-1937: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a young elephant wearing a harness and carrying a rider on its back, likely at a fair or carnival. The scene transitions to two women walking through a formal garden with a large fountain, manicured hedges, and trees. One woman wears a light-colored coat and hat, the other a dark coat, both in period attire. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color fading, and a nostalgic, candid quality from the 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124760670

Rights & Clearance

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s San Francisco home-movie footage useful for documentary or educational sequences about leisure outings, fairground attractions, and formal garden visits.
Period detail: The clothing, hats, elephant ride setup, clipped hedges, and fountain setting may show late-1930s visitor recreation in a public garden or fair environment.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value, with visitors moving casually past the camera and one woman smiling as she walks near the fountain.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a harnessed young elephant, mounted rider, fairground booth, two women in coats and hats, arcing fountain jets, hedges, lawns, and tall trees.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, gate edges, color fading, and exposure shifts that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat linking animal attractions with garden strolling in a 1930s leisure sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents public leisure and dress in Depression-era California without identifying the specific venue beyond the supplied San Francisco metadata.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, venue, and property status should be checked separately before reuse.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1937 San Francisco 8mm home movie, elephant ride fair footage, women strolling fountain garden, and 1930s California leisure film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1937 San Francisco footage, then broader 1930s public garden, fairground, and leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 San Francisco home-movie frame showing a harnessed young elephant carrying a rider near a small fairground booth. — A young elephant carries a rider beside a fairground-style booth.

Two women in coats stand or walk near arcing fountain jets in a formal garden, supported by the San Francisco 1937 clip metadata. — Two women pause near a fountain bordered by hedges and tall trees.

A woman in a light coat and hat smiles toward the camera as another woman in a dark coat walks near a garden fountain. — One woman smiles toward the camera while the pair moves through the fountain garden.

Two women in period coats pass a large fountain with arcing water, hedges, flower beds, and tall trees visible behind them. — The women continue past the fountain and manicured garden beds.

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