San Francisco California-1937: Fountains Spraying Into An Arch Into A Pool Of Water

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

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Fountains Spraying Into An Arch Into A Pool Of Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures a grand fountain display in San Francisco, California. Water arcs gracefully from multiple jets into a central pool, framed by a large architectural structure in the distance. The footage shows signs of age with film grain and slight blurriness, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The scene is bathed in soft, muted tones, with the greenish-blue water contrasting against the pale sky and surrounding foliage. This historic clip offers a rare glimpse into mid-20th century public spaces and urban design.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124760736

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 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

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 1930s San Francisco public-space footage, especially documentary or educational edits needing a brief fountain and civic-landscape cutaway.
Period detail: The clip may show a formal civic or park fountain with stepped architecture in the distance, consistent with the supplied 1937 San Francisco metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The short view reads as visitor-shot home-movie footage, holding on the fountain display rather than staging people or action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include arcing fountain jets, a broad pool, pale architectural forms, dark trees, a large planter, soft sky, and heavy film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, muted color, visible grain, gate edges, and slight exposure variation that give the scene physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a civic landmark insert, travel transition, public-space cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a 1930s sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a landscaped urban fountain scene and suggests recreational or civic space without showing crowds, signage, or identifiable activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any location-based property considerations should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1937 8mm San Francisco fountain footage, vintage California public gardens, civic water feature, or home-movie city landmark.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1937 San Francisco views, then broader 1930s California fountains and public-space footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 San Francisco home-movie frame showing fountain jets, pool water, trees, and a pale architectural backdrop. — Arcing fountain streams fill the foreground with a distant pale structure beyond the pool.

San Francisco 1937 frame with fountain spray crossing a pool and a stepped pale structure centered beyond the water. — A broad fountain display sprays in repeated arcs toward the center of the pool.

Soft 8mm frame of a 1937 San Francisco fountain, with repeated water arcs, pool edge, trees, and distant architecture. — The camera holds on the fountain as water streams form parallel arcs across the pool.

1937 San Francisco fountain scene with strong water arcs, pool water, dark trees, a planter, and pale architecture behind. — Water jets sweep over the pool, with trees and a planter visible near the fountain edge.

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