San Francisco California-1939: Camera Shows Off The Signs And Maps For The

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

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Camera Shows Off The Signs And Maps For The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a street-level view of a Bank of America building in San Francisco, California. The clip features a large mural depicting the state of California and a prominent sign reading 'Holy Land' above an arched entrance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century urban architecture and commercial signage.

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: 124763109

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s San Francisco urban signage, travel-display, or street-level commercial architecture requests in documentary and education edits.
Period detail: The frames show a Bank of America sign, a California map mural, and a Holy Land entrance display, all consistent with the supplied 1939 San Francisco home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers on signs and map-like displays from a visitor's street perspective, valuing what caught the filmer's eye rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Bank of America facade, a California map mural, a Holy Land sign, an arched entrance graphic, a sidewalk edge, street shadows, and film gate borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has visible grain, soft focus, exposure variation, blue-purple color shift, and slight handheld instability that mark it as original home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, place-setting cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition between San Francisco street scenes and destination signage.
Historical context: The clip reflects how a visitor recorded city storefront displays and travel or religious-themed signage, without showing crowds, interiors, or identifiable people.
Research note: Bank of America and Holy Land wording are visible, so trademark and contextual use should be reviewed separately from copyright, with no likeness issue apparent.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 San Francisco 8mm street signs, Bank of America facade, California map mural, Holy Land sign, and vintage travel display footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1939 San Francisco street views, and then with 1930s signage, maps, travel displays, or urban storefront material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 San Francisco home-movie frame showing a Bank of America facade above a large California map mural. — Bank of America signage and a California map mural on a city building facade.

1939 San Francisco frame showing a Holy Land sign over an arched display entrance, filmed from the street. — Holy Land entrance display with painted scenery and sidewalk foreground.

1939 San Francisco home-movie view of the Holy Land sign and dark arched entrance with painted backdrop. — The camera holds on the Holy Land sign and entrance display.

Street-level 1939 San Francisco frame of the Holy Land entrance display, with visible film borders and color shift. — Holy Land display held in frame with sidewalk and film gate edges visible.

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