San Francisco California-1944: Film Of Window And Tree At Hospital

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

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Film Of Window And Tree At Hospital — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this vintage home movie captures the exterior of a hospital in San Francisco, California. The footage shows a brick building with a large tree partially obscuring the view, featuring a decorative blue plaque and a circular emblem with a figure. The camera then moves to focus on the main entrance, revealing an arched doorway with a blue-tinted transom window above the wooden doors. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, offering authentic archival footage of mid-20th century architecture and urban life.

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: 125455316

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: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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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 San Francisco archive requests needing a brief exterior hospital or institutional-building cutaway for documentary, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The brick facade, carved stonework, wooden entrance doors, blue-tinted transom, and 8mm color rendering may show mid-20th-century institutional architecture.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, with a handheld camera moving from a partially obscured facade detail toward the hospital entrance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red brick walls, a leafy tree, decorative plaques, a circular figure emblem, an arched stone doorway, blue transom glass, wooden doors, and a brass fixture.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, gate edges, grain, color shift toward blue and magenta, and slight handheld drift that reads as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an exterior establishing insert, a transition into a medical or San Francisco sequence, or a quiet memory beat between family scenes.
Historical context: The footage documents a street-level view of a hospital exterior in wartime-era San Francisco without showing patients, staff, vehicles, or interior activity.
Research note: No people or brands are visible, but the hospital facade and emblem may require location or property identification review separate from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Search matches include 1940s San Francisco hospital exterior, 8mm institutional doorway, vintage home movie hospital facade, and archival brick building entrance.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1944 San Francisco exteriors, then hospital, institutional architecture, doorway, and urban home-movie cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 San Francisco hospital exterior with red brick, a leafy tree, blue plaques, and a circular figure emblem partly obscured by branches. — A tree partially blocks decorative facade details on the brick hospital exterior.

San Francisco hospital entrance in 1944, showing an arched stone doorway, blue transom window, wooden doors, and a small brass fixture. — The camera settles on the arched entrance and blue transom above the wooden doors.

Closer 1944 view of the hospital entrance, with carved arch details, blue-tinted transom glass, wooden doors, and soft 8mm color shift. — A closer handheld view frames the doorway arch and transom glass.

1944 San Francisco hospital doorway framed from outside, with the stone arch, blue transom, wooden doors, and visible 8mm film wear. — The final frame holds on the entrance, emphasizing the arched stonework and blue glass.

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