San Francisco California-1939: Well-Dressed Ladies Sitting Near Fountain at World's Fair

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

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Well-Dressed Ladies Sitting Near Fountain at World's Fair — Clip Details

A well-dressed woman in a blue coat and hat sits on a bench in front of a fountain at the 1939 San Francisco World's Fair. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures her poised posture and the grand architecture of the fairgrounds in the background. The scene exudes 1930s elegance and nostalgia, with rich colors and film grain characteristic of Super 8 footage. The clip transitions to another woman in a yellow coat, showcasing the era's fashion and leisurely atmosphere at the iconic exposition.

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: 124763144

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: 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 exposition, fashion, and leisure sequences needing visitor-shot 8mm footage with visible women posed near fairground architecture.
Period detail: The coats, hats, bench, fountain, and formal public-garden setting support a late-1930s World's Fair context as stated in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The women appear to be casually posed for the camera, giving the scene the personal visitor perspective typical of home-movie travel footage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two well-dressed women, a green bench, fountain spray, landscaped flower beds, formal fairground buildings, and bright outdoor light.
Film character: The footage has a color 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, minor dust, and steady but informal handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, fashion cutaway, exposition establishing detail, or quiet memory beat between broader fairground views.
Historical context: The clip shows leisure and dress at a major public exposition setting, emphasizing how visitors recorded themselves within designed civic spaces.
Research note: People are visibly identifiable enough for likeness review, while copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately for intended use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1939 San Francisco World's Fair home movie, 1930s women fashion bench fountain, and vintage 8mm exposition visitor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then other 1939 San Francisco World's Fair footage, then broader 1930s leisure, fashion, and fountain cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

Well-dressed woman in blue seated on a green bench near a fountain at the 1939 San Francisco World's Fair. — A woman in a blue coat and hat poses on a bench with fountain spray and exposition architecture behind her.

A seated woman in blue faces the camera near a fountain and formal World's Fair grounds in San Francisco. — The seated woman remains centered as fountain spray rises behind the bench.

A woman in a blue coat and hat sits in front of a fountain with fairground architecture in the background. — A slightly wider view shows the woman, bench, fountain, lawn, and building facade.

A well-dressed woman in a yellow coat sits cross-legged on a bench at the 1939 San Francisco World's Fair setting. — The clip cuts to a woman in a yellow coat seated on the same style of green bench.

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