San Francisco California-1944: Brown Buildings Green Trees And White Clinic Sign

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

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Brown Buildings Green Trees And White Clinic Sign — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this vintage home movie captures a white sign directing visitors to the clinic entrance on 20th Avenue in San Francisco. The sign, featuring bold black lettering, stands before a brick building surrounded by lush green trees. A second sign with a red cross symbol is visible nearby, indicating a Red Cross clinic. The footage shows a quiet, sunlit day with natural light illuminating the scene, showcasing the classic architecture and foliage of mid-century San Francisco. The grainy texture and color palette are characteristic of 8mm home movie footage from the era.

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: 125455452

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: Yes
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 inserts needing a clinic entrance sign, institutional brick architecture, or wartime-era public health setting without visible people.
Period detail: The bold clinic wayfinding sign, red cross symbol, brick facade, and mature landscaping may show mid-1940s civic or medical campus details in San Francisco.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot perspective, pausing on the clinic sign and then drifting toward the surrounding building and trees rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white clinic entrance sign, partial red cross sign, brick buildings, tall trees, shrubs, windows, and a white pole.
Film character: Color 8mm texture shows soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, exposure variation, and slight handheld framing that preserve the home-movie source feel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, location-establishing insert, medical-context transition, or quiet memory beat in a 1940s San Francisco sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents exterior medical wayfinding and institutional grounds, offering visual context for public-facing clinic access without showing patients or staff.
Research note: Review the red cross symbol and medical setting separately from footage copyright; no likeness issues are apparent because no people are visible.
Research search match: Search matches include 1944 San Francisco clinic sign, 8mm medical building exterior, Red Cross clinic entrance, and 1940s California institutional footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1944 San Francisco exteriors, then broader clinic, hospital, public health, or sign footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 San Francisco frame showing a white clinic entrance sign on 20th Avenue with trees, shrubs, and a brick building behind it. — Clinic entrance sign on 20th Avenue in front of landscaped brick grounds.

1944 San Francisco frame with a partial red cross clinic sign, brick institutional building, trees, windows, and a white pole. — Partial red cross clinic sign beside a brick building and trees.

1944 San Francisco frame showing trees, shrubs, a brick building facade, windows, and a white pole on institutional grounds. — Landscaped brick building exterior partly hidden by trees.

1944 San Francisco frame looking across trees and shrubs toward a brick building with an arched doorway on clinic grounds. — Trees frame a brick building with an arched doorway and planted grounds.

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