San Francisco California-1944: Brick Building with Windows and Trees

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

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

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Brick Building with Windows and Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this vintage home movie captures a stately brick building with arched windows and a tiled roof, surrounded by lush green trees and manicured landscaping. The footage, filmed from a slightly obscured viewpoint, shows the structure under a bright daytime sky, with a ladder visible against one wall, suggesting maintenance or construction. The warm brown tones of the building contrast with the deep green foliage, creating a classic mid-century American scene. The grainy texture and soft focus are characteristic of 8mm home movie footage from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century architecture and suburban life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125455460

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 establishing cutaways of brick institutional or residential architecture in documentary, museum, education, or period-context edits.
Period detail: The arched windows, clay-tile roof, brick walls, clipped shrubs, and soft 8mm color may show a mid-1940s Bay Area architectural setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, filmed from a partially obstructed position while panning or reframing across the building and trees.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a brown brick building, arched windows, tiled rooflines, large evergreen trees, manicured shrubs, flowering plants, and a pale flagpole.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight gate-edge darkness, uneven exposure, and gentle handheld drift that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief exterior insert, architectural cutaway, location transition, or quiet memory beat within a 1940s San Francisco sequence.
Historical context: The footage records landscaped brick architecture and grounds in daylight, offering visual context for built environments seen by a home-movie camera in wartime-era California.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but the building should be reviewed for property identification, permissions, and any separate copyright considerations.
Research search match: Researcher searches may include 1940s San Francisco 8mm brick building, vintage home movie arched windows, tiled roof garden exterior, and Bay Area archival architecture footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with San Francisco 1944 exteriors, and then with 1940s architecture, gardens, campuses, or civic-looking buildings.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 San Francisco 8mm frame showing a brown brick building with arched windows, tiled rooflines, shrubs, and partial dark obstruction at the edge. — A brick building with arched windows and garden plantings appears through a partly obscured home-movie frame.

1944 San Francisco 8mm frame of a brick building wing with arched openings, tiled roof, large tree, and a ladder leaning near the wall. — A building wing with arched openings sits behind a large tree, with a ladder visible near the brick wall.

1944 San Francisco 8mm frame showing a long brick wall, small windows, clipped shrubs, garden plantings, and a large evergreen tree in front. — A large tree and landscaped shrubs obscure part of a long brick building wall.

1944 San Francisco 8mm frame of a brick building side with small windows, tiled roof, shrubs, flowering plants, a flagpole, and trees. — A flagpole and flowering shrubs stand before the side of a brick building under a bright sky.

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