Santa Cruz California-1949: Couple Standing Near Blue Car On A Bright Sunny Day

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationSanta Cruz, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1949 California

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Couple Standing Near Blue Car On A Bright Sunny Day — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Santa Cruz, California, in 1949 captures a couple standing outdoors on a bright, sunny day. The woman wears a light-colored patterned dress with styled hair, while the man wears glasses and a white t-shirt. A classic blue car is visible behind them, partially obscured by lush green trees. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight color fading, characteristic of mid-century home movies. The couple appears to be conversing, with the woman turning her head toward the man. The scene evokes a sense of everyday life and personal memory from the late 1940s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 125298253

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 1660 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1949
Reel-level location note: del mar, california,chicago
Date: 1949 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: Santa Cruz, 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 1940s California home-movie requests needing an everyday couple portrait, roadside family moment, or mid-century personal memory beat.
Period detail: The blue rounded automobile, clothing, eyeglasses, and color 8mm home-movie look support a late-1940s setting consistent with the Santa Cruz 1949 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The couple appears to stand casually for the camera, with the woman turning toward the man in an unstaged exchange rather than a formal portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult couple, a blue car, trees, bright sun, a patterned dress, eyeglasses, a white shirt, and later frames of a dressed doll in a window display.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of a physical home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use the couple shot as a domestic-memory insert, family-history transition, or brief cutaway to everyday postwar California life.
Historical context: The clip gives visual context for ordinary outdoor leisure and personal filming in Santa Cruz, while the doll display frames suggest nearby storefront or display-window material on the reel.
Research note: Faces are visible and a car or display may contain identifiable details, so likeness, trademark, and location context should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1949 Santa Cruz 8mm home movies, 1940s California couple by car, vintage blue automobile, and mid-century family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Santa Cruz 1949 clips, then broader 1940s California family, car, and storefront-display material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Santa Cruz home-movie footage from 1949, an adult couple stands in bright sun beside a blue car and wooded background. — A woman in a patterned dress and a man in glasses stand near a blue car outdoors.

The woman turns toward the man during a casual 1949 Santa Cruz home-movie moment beside a blue car and trees. — The couple appears to converse or react while standing in sunlight near the car.

A dressed doll appears in a reflective display window, likely part of the same 1949 Santa Cruz home-movie reel. — A doll in a striped dress stands amid reflections and small colored lights in a display window.

The final frame shows a doll in a plaid dress behind reflective glass, with indistinct display objects around it. — A reflective window display shows a dressed doll and surrounding objects in soft 8mm color.

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