San Francisco California-1939: A Park With Pretty Bushes And Fountains And A

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

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A Park With Pretty Bushes And Fountains And A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched park in San Francisco, California, featuring a large fountain with multiple jets spraying water. Lush green bushes and manicured landscaping surround the fountain, with an American flag flying prominently in the background. The footage shows a classic mid-century American park scene, with people strolling and enjoying the grounds under a clear blue sky. The warm color palette and film grain evoke a strong sense of nostalgia and historical charm, offering authentic archival footage of 1930s public spaces.

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: 124763138

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: 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: 1939 San Francisco home-movie footage useful for documentary inserts on public parks, civic landscaping, fountains, and American leisure spaces.
Period detail: The scene shows era cues including 8mm color film, formal planting beds, mid-century park benches, fountain basins, and American flags, with a sign visible but not fully legible.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, holding on fountain jets, flags, landscaping, and parkgoers rather than staging formal action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a broad fountain pool, multiple water jets, manicured shrubs, benches, American flags, a park sign, trees, and a few visitors.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight gate edges, mild blur, and handheld framing that fit an original home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, establishing insert, transition, or memory beat for 1930s San Francisco public-space material.
Historical context: The clip documents a landscaped urban park setting where civic symbols, fountains, and casual visitors appear within a sunny outdoor leisure scene.
Research note: People and possible signage are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location identification should be reviewed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 San Francisco 8mm park fountain, 1930s California home movie flag fountain, and vintage public garden footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 San Francisco material, then similar park, fountain, flag, and civic landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 San Francisco park view with a fountain basin, water jets, manicured planting beds, benches, trees, and American flags. — Fountain jets and flags across a landscaped San Francisco park.

1939 San Francisco park scene showing a fountain pool, central spray, landscaped shrubs, benches, trees, and a large American flag. — Central fountain spray with formal landscaping and a flag behind it.

1939 San Francisco home-movie frame of a landscaped park fountain, low benches, flower beds or shrubs, trees, and American flags. — A wide view of the fountain pool and planted park grounds.

1939 San Francisco park visitors near a fountain, with tall water spray, American flags, trees, benches, and a partially legible sign. — Visitors pause near the fountain while flags and water jets frame the park scene.

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