San Francisco California-1939: Woman In Blue Dress Standing In Garden In Front Of House

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

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Woman In Blue Dress Standing In Garden In Front Of House — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched suburban scene in San Francisco, California. The clip opens on a modest house with a front porch and distinctive glass block windows, framed by lush green trees and a well-kept lawn. A woman in a blue dress and hat stands in the garden, her period attire reflecting the era's fashion. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century domestic life.

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: 124763208

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 home-movie requests needing a domestic San Francisco garden exterior with a woman in period dress for documentary or educational use.
Period detail: The blue dress, hat, modest house facade, porch columns, and glass-block-style windows may show late-1930s domestic fashion and residential design.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a house and garden before settling on a woman standing outdoors, giving the clip an informal family-record perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a shaded front walk, porch, gridded windows, lawn, shrubs, mature trees, and a woman in a blue dress and hat.
Film character: The 8mm image has saturated color, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate shadows, and slight handheld instability consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief domestic-life insert, neighborhood transition, or memory beat within a 1930s California sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a quiet residential exterior and garden presentation, with clothing and landscaping offering social context without identifying the occupants.
Research note: A visible adult face and residential exterior suggest likeness and property-review needs separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1939 San Francisco home movie, 1930s woman in garden, vintage 8mm house exterior, or California domestic life footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 San Francisco material, then broader 1930s garden or house exterior scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 San Francisco home-movie frame showing a residential house front, porch, gridded windows, steps, shrubs, lawn, and trees. — House facade and garden walk partly shaded by trees.

1939 San Francisco residential exterior with porch columns, gridded front windows, trimmed shrubs, lawn, and overhanging trees. — Porch and front garden seen from across the lawn.

1939 San Francisco home-movie view of a house and garden, with gridded window, hedges, lawn, walkway edge, and tree shade. — Garden and house exterior framed by trees and hedges.

1939 San Francisco home-movie frame of an adult woman in a blue dress and hat standing in a garden before a residential house. — Woman in blue dress standing in the front garden.

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