San Francisco California-1939: Large Building Surrounded By Greens Near A White Bridge

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

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Large Building Surrounded By Greens Near A White Bridge — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of a large, white, castle-like building surrounded by manicured greens and trees in San Francisco. The scene transitions to a wide shot of a massive steel truss bridge spanning a blue bay, with boats and a small vessel visible on the water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight blurriness, and a nostalgic color palette, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century California landmarks and transportation.

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: 124763161

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s San Francisco home-movie footage for productions needing landmark cutaways, bay travel context, or period establishing views.
Period detail: The footage may show manicured civic grounds, a white monumental building, bayfront roads, small boats, and a large steel truss bridge consistent with late-1930s urban travel views.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, holding on landmarks from public viewpoints rather than staging people or action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white castle-like building, lawns and trees, a steel truss bridge, blue bay water, small boats, a lamppost, clouds, and distant shoreline.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, contact-frame spacing, and warm daylight color typical of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, bay cutaway, or memory beat within a 1930s California sequence.
Historical context: The views place public architecture, landscaped grounds, roadways, boats, and bridge infrastructure within a sunlit San Francisco Bay setting.
Research note: People appear only as very small distant figures, but copyright, likeness, location, and property considerations should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1939 San Francisco 8mm bridge footage, vintage California bay home movie, white landmark building, and boats near bridge.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 San Francisco scenes, then broader Bay Area bridges, waterfronts, and travel landmarks.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 San Francisco home-movie frame showing a large white castle-like building behind manicured grounds and trees. — Large white building seen from landscaped grounds in San Francisco.

Wide 1939 San Francisco Bay view with a steel truss bridge, small boats, road edge, lamppost, and distant hills. — Steel bridge spans the bay with boats and shoreline visible below.

1939 San Francisco Bay frame showing the bridge structure, waterfront road, small boats, lamppost, clouds, and distant hills. — Bridge and boats viewed from a waterfront road beside the bay.

Soft 1939 San Francisco Bay home-movie frame with bridge trusses, boats on the water, a lamppost, road edge, and clouds. — Bay bridge view with small vessels and a waterfront foreground.

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