San Francisco California-1939: Man Walks Beside Wooden Cabin, Woman at Festival Hall, Tour Tram

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

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Man Walks Beside Wooden Cabin, Woman at Festival Hall,... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a sunlit scene in San Francisco, California. A man in a white shirt and dark pants walks beside a rustic wooden cabin with a stone chimney, while a woman in a dark dress stands near a green bench. The footage transitions to a grand building with a sign reading 'FESTIVAL HALL ADOPTS AND BEVERAGES,' where people gather at the entrance. A classic blue and cream tour tram moves through the grounds, offering a glimpse of mid-century public transportation and leisure. The film exhibits natural grain, slight blur, and the warm color palette of early color film, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel.

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: 124763125

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.

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 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 visitor footage, exposition-style grounds, and brief public-leisure inserts in documentary or museum edits.
Period detail: The clip shows 1939 home-movie views of a rustic cabin, a formal festival hall facade, period dress, and a tour tram moving through public grounds.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot quality, observing people near benches, steps, and entrances rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wooden cabin, stone chimney, green bench, festival hall entrance, broad steps, standing visitors, and a tour tram.
Film character: The 8mm color image carries soft focus, handheld framing, warm exposure shifts, gate edges, and fine film grain typical of amateur travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel-memory beat, or transition between visitor attractions and public grounds.
Historical context: The scenes place ordinary visitors around public exhibition architecture and transport in San Francisco without identifying individuals or asserting event details beyond the metadata.
Research note: People and readable building text are visible, so likeness, location, signage, and copyright questions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1939 San Francisco home movie, 8mm festival hall visitors, wooden cabin exhibit, and vintage tour tram footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 San Francisco material, then broader public-exhibition, travel, and transit footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 San Francisco home-movie frame showing a man near a rustic wooden cabin, stone chimney, lawn, and green bench. — A visitor walks beside a rustic wooden cabin on sunlit public grounds.

1939 San Francisco frame of visitors near a festival hall entrance with broad steps and readable wall signage. — Visitors gather near the entrance to a large festival hall building.

1939 San Francisco home-movie frame showing a woman in dark dress near festival hall doors and broad exterior steps. — A woman stands alone near the building entrance and steps.

1939 San Francisco frame with a woman near festival hall steps and a blue-and-cream tour tram partly visible at right. — A visitor stands by the entrance as a tour tram passes through the grounds.

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