San Francisco California-1937: Boys On The Beach Play By The Water

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

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Boys On The Beach Play By The Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures two boys playing on a rocky beach in San Francisco, California. The grainy black-and-white footage shows them running through shallow waves, laughing as water splashes around their legs. The scene opens with a wide view of the ocean and jagged rocks, then focuses on the boys' energetic movements before ending with a blank frame. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—scratches, dust, and soft focus—adding to its nostalgic, archival charm. Perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling about mid-20th century American 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: 124760934

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

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: 1930s 8mm home-movie beach footage suited to editorial use as a family leisure, shoreline play, or coastal memory insert.
Period detail: The clothing, black-and-white 8mm stock, and metadata-supported 1937 San Francisco setting place the scene in a late-1930s home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged beach moment, with boys playing near shallow surf while the camera follows from a close family-viewer perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include jagged shoreline rocks, breaking waves, shallow water, a smiling boy near the surf, soft horizon lines, and blank exposed frames.
Film character: The footage has a soft handheld 8mm texture with grain, scratches, uneven exposure, and brief blank frames from the physical film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for childhood, coastal recreation, family travel, or 1930s everyday-life sequences.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for informal family recreation on a rocky California beach without making broader claims about the location or event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, with no logos or private property apparent in these frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s 8mm beach home movie, San Francisco shoreline boys playing, vintage family vacation footage, and rocky surf cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1937 San Francisco footage, then broader 1930s beach, family leisure, and coastal home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 8mm home-movie view of a rocky San Francisco shoreline with surf breaking in soft focus. — Surf breaks around jagged rocks along the shoreline.

A boy plays near shallow surf in a soft, grainy 1937 San Francisco beach home movie frame. — A boy plays at the edge of the water.

A largely blank exposed 8mm frame with a faint strip of water or shoreline along the lower edge. — The reel briefly passes through a pale blank frame.

A blank or overexposed 8mm frame with visible scratches, dust, and a dark film border. — A blank frame shows the physical texture of the scanned film.

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