San Francisco California-1939: Tour Tram With Passengers Strolls Through City Streets

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

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Tour Tram With Passengers Strolls Through City Streets — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a classic blue and cream-colored tour tram carrying passengers through a sun-drenched city street in San Francisco. The ornate vehicle, with its open sides and decorative front, moves slowly past manicured hedges and a large fountain where a woman in a dark coat strolls. The footage shows the warm, slightly faded color palette and grainy texture of Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American vacation atmosphere. This archival clip offers authentic period footage of tourism and city life in the late 1930s.

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: 124763127

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s San Francisco tourism, city-life, and leisure travel sequences needing authentic home-movie footage of a sightseeing tram and visitors in motion.
Period detail: The ornate open-sided tour vehicle, formal coats, manicured civic landscaping, and saturated 8mm color may show late-1930s urban sightseeing style.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, watching a tour tram pass and then lingering on a woman strolling beside a fountain.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue-and-cream tour tram, seated passengers, city pavement, hedges, a large fountain, trees, and a woman walking in a dark coat.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, mild color fading, high sun exposure, and slight handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief insert, travel transition, urban tourism cutaway, or memory beat within a 1930s California sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects public sightseeing and leisure movement in a landscaped city setting without confirming a specific landmark from the visible frames alone.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no clear logos are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property issues.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1939 San Francisco tour tram, 1930s California home movie, vintage sightseeing vehicle, and 8mm urban tourism footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1939 San Francisco material, then broader 1930s travel, tourism, fountain, or street scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 San Francisco home-movie frame showing an ornate blue-and-cream tour tram carrying passengers past hedges on a sunlit street. — An open-sided sightseeing tram moves through a bright city street with passengers aboard.

The San Francisco tour tram appears nearer the camera, with passengers seated under an open canopy beside trimmed landscaping. — The sightseeing tram passes closer, revealing its open sides and seated riders.

A close 8mm view shows the ornate sightseeing tram passing by, with riders seated along the open side and hedges behind it. — The tram fills the frame as it rolls past the camera on the city street.

A woman in a dark coat strolls beside a landscaped fountain, with water jets, trees, and flowers visible in the background. — A woman walks along the fountain edge as water jets rise behind her.

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