San Francisco California-1939: White Boat Passes By San Francisco Bay Bridge On

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 California

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White Boat Passes By San Francisco Bay Bridge On — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a white ferry passing beneath the San Francisco Bay Bridge on a bright, sunny day. The iconic suspension bridge stretches across the blue waters of the bay, with other vessels visible in the distance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and a nostalgic, hand-held perspective, offering a rare glimpse of mid-20th century transportation and infrastructure in California.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 124763082

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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 1166 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: may
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1939 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 Bay home-movie footage for documentary or educational sequences about ferries, bridges, waterfront travel, and California infrastructure.
Period detail: The Bay Bridge, white ferry, open bay traffic, and distant waterfront skyline support a late-1930s San Francisco setting shown from a visitor-shot vantage point.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged home-movie view, following a ferry across the bay with slight handheld framing rather than a formal scenic setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the San Francisco Bay Bridge, a white ferry, smaller boats, blue bay water, distant shoreline, low hills, skyline forms, and a dockside crane or rigging shape.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and handheld exposure shifts that contribute to its physical-film archival character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, waterfront cutaway, transportation transition, or memory beat establishing San Francisco Bay in the late 1930s.
Historical context: The view places ferry movement and bridge infrastructure in the same bay scene, offering visual context for urban waterfront travel without identifying a specific voyage.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any location or property implications for the intended use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 San Francisco Bay Bridge 8mm footage, vintage ferry on San Francisco Bay, 1930s California waterfront home movie, and Bay Bridge boat cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel San Francisco footage, then other 1939 Bay Bridge or waterfront clips, and finally broader vintage ferry or bridge transportation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 San Francisco Bay home-movie frame showing a white ferry moving near the Bay Bridge, with small vessels and hills beyond. — A white ferry passes across the bay below the San Francisco Bay Bridge.

1939 San Francisco Bay view with a white ferry passing in front of the Bay Bridge tower and distant shoreline. — The ferry continues across the water in front of the Bay Bridge structure.

Home-movie frame from San Francisco Bay in 1939, showing a ferry beneath the Bay Bridge with small boats nearby. — A ferry crosses below the Bay Bridge while smaller craft move in the distance.

1939 San Francisco Bay frame looking toward the waterfront skyline, with bay water and dockside rigging in the foreground. — The view shifts toward the distant San Francisco waterfront across the bay.

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