San Francisco California-1944: Red Brick Building with Arched Windows

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

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Red Brick Building with Arched Windows — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this vintage home movie captures a stately red brick building in San Francisco, California. The structure features multiple arched windows with white trim, decorative white stonework around the entrance, and blue circular emblems on the facade. Tall evergreen trees frame the building, and the footage shows slight camera movement, capturing the building from slightly different angles. The image has the characteristic grain and color saturation of mid-century home movies, evoking a sense of historical nostalgia and classic American architecture.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125455458

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 San Francisco architectural cutaways, civic-building inserts, or establishing material in documentaries about urban streetscapes and home-movie travel views.
Period detail: The clip shows a red brick facade with arched upper windows, pale stone trim, tile roof edges, and blue circular facade emblems that may indicate an institutional or club-like building.
Home-movie behavior: The camera behaves like a visitor pausing outside to record the facade, shifting slightly between angles rather than staging action or following people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red brick walls, arched windows, white decorative entry stonework, blue circular emblems, window awnings, evergreen trees, and a clay-tile roofline.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, mild color shift, gate edges, and handheld framing that give the building view a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief architectural insert, location transition, memory beat, or visual pause between broader San Francisco or 1940s urban scenes.
Historical context: As home-movie footage, it records exterior architectural detail and street-level attention without showing crowds, interiors, signage, or a confirmed building identity.
Research note: No people are visible, but the building identity and any facade emblems should be reviewed separately for copyright, trademark, and property-release considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1944 San Francisco 8mm building exterior, red brick arched-window facade, vintage California architecture, and home-movie urban cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1944 San Francisco exteriors, and finally with similar 1940s institutional brick architecture.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 San Francisco home-movie frame of a red brick facade with arched windows, pale stone entry trim, blue emblems, and trees. — Red brick building exterior with arched windows and decorative entrance trim.

1944 San Francisco frame showing the building entrance area with arched windows, white trim, blue emblems, and evergreen trees. — Angled view of the entrance and upper arched windows on the brick facade.

1944 San Francisco home-movie view of the red brick wall, paired arched windows, blue facade emblems, awnings, and trees. — Facade detail with paired arched windows and blue circular emblems above awnings.

1944 San Francisco frame with the upper brick facade, arched windows, a blue circular emblem, trees, and a clay-tile roof edge. — Upper facade view emphasizing arched windows, roofline, and trees along the building.

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