San Francisco California-1939: View Of Public Building With Beautiful Water Fountain

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

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View Of Public Building With Beautiful Water Fountain — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of a grand Art Deco building in San Francisco, California. The clip features a large water fountain in the foreground and a stately public structure with ornate columns and crenellated details. Visitors in period attire stroll through the landscaped grounds, enjoying the bright day. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and natural lens flare, offering authentic archival footage of a historic public space during the 1930s.

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: 124763155

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: 1930s San Francisco home-movie footage suited for establishing public architecture, civic plazas, tourism, or period urban leisure in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The clip shows period visitors, formal landscaping, a broad fountain, and an ornate Art Deco-style public building, with the 1939 date and San Francisco location supported by supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on the fountain and building while people stroll or pause in the landscaped grounds.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall fountain plume, reflecting pool, pale civic building, columns, decorative facade details, steps, shrubs, and visitors in dark period clothing.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, color fading, gate edges, dust specks, and slight handheld framing consistent with original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, architectural cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into 1930s San Francisco public-space material.
Historical context: The scene documents visitors moving through a landscaped civic or public grounds setting, reflecting everyday tourism and outdoor leisure rather than a staged event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; confirm building/property status and copyright separately before final use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 San Francisco 8mm public building, 1930s fountain plaza home movie, Art Deco civic architecture, and vintage California tourist footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then with 1939 San Francisco exteriors, then with 1930s civic architecture, fountains, plazas, and tourist travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 San Francisco home-movie frame showing a large fountain before an ornate public building and trees. — A fountain rises in front of a pale civic building across landscaped grounds.

1939 San Francisco frame of visitors near steps and landscaping outside an ornate public building. — Visitors stand near the steps and shrubs outside the decorated building facade.

Home-movie frame showing two visitors before a pale Art Deco-style building in San Francisco, 1939. — Two visitors appear in front of the building, with steps and a pool edge in the foreground.

1939 San Francisco frame with visitors on a path beside landscaping and an ornate public building. — The camera holds on visitors walking through landscaped grounds beside the civic building.

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