San Francisco California-1944: A Public Service Announcement Urging Support to Fight Polio

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Year1944
Decade1940s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1944 San Francisco California

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A Public Service Announcement Urging Support to Fight Polio — Clip Details

A close-up of a vintage 8mm film frame from 1944, showing a grainy, high-contrast black-and-white public service announcement. White block text on a dark background reads: 'CAN YOU DO YOUR PART. BY SUBSCRIBING. ALSO HELP THE SCHRINERS FIGHT POLIO.' The image displays classic film grain, slight flicker, and a soft vignette, characteristic of wartime home movie footage. This archival clip captures a poignant moment in public health history, promoting the Schriner's fight against polio through community support.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125455285

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1944 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s public-health, charity appeal, and wartime-era community-service edits needing a short text-only 8mm insert.
Period detail: The block-letter title card and 8mm black-and-white appearance support the supplied 1944 San Francisco context without adding visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: There are no people visible; the value is a filmed public-service card preserved within a home-movie reel context.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white block text, a dark card background, four repeated contact-sheet frames, film grain, edge softness, and slight vignetting.
Film character: The footage has high-contrast monochrome texture, soft focus, uneven exposure, visible grain, and mild flicker typical of small-gauge archival film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an insert, public-health transition, charity-drive cutaway, or brief historical context beat.
Historical context: The card visually reflects a community appeal to support anti-polio efforts through subscription, with the wording as shown in frame.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and organizational name references should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Researchers may find it under 1940s 8mm polio public service announcement, San Francisco charity appeal, or vintage health campaign title card.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1944 San Francisco clips, then broader 1940s public-health or charity-drive footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 San Francisco 8mm frame showing a grainy public-service title card urging support to help fight polio. — Public-service text card urging viewers to help fight polio.

Grainy 8mm frame of the same 1944 public-service card, with white block lettering on a dark background. — The text card repeats the anti-polio subscription appeal.

1944 8mm frame showing a high-contrast title card with a community appeal to help the Schriners fight polio. — A close title-card frame preserves the anti-polio appeal text.

Grainy black-and-white 8mm frame from the 1944 San Francisco clip showing the polio support message near the end. — Final sampled frame of the public-health support message.

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