San Francisco California-1944: Huge Number Of Persons Sitting In Round Ground

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

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Huge Number Of Persons Sitting In Round Ground — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this vintage home movie captures a crowded outdoor gathering in San Francisco, California. The footage opens with a wide view of a large audience seated on a grassy hillside, with a banner visible in the distance. The camera then moves to a close-up of a woman in a red hat, smiling warmly at the lens, her expression shifting from coyness to a bright, genuine smile. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 footage evokes a strong sense of nostalgia and historical authenticity, offering a rare glimpse into mid-20th century public life and personal moments.

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: 125455475

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: Yes
Minors 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: 1940s San Francisco home-movie footage suited to documentary or museum edits needing a public gathering and an intimate spectator close-up.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-1940s outdoor dress and leisure behavior, including a seated hillside crowd and a woman wearing a red hat or head covering.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the informal shift from a distant crowd view to a woman smiling directly into the home-movie camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a hillside audience, distant buildings or signage, a woman in a red hat, nearby spectators, bright sky, and black film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, color fading, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat between public crowd atmosphere and a personal face in the crowd.
Historical context: The footage offers a small visual record of public outdoor attendance and personal filming in San Francisco without identifying the specific event.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness and event identification should be reviewed separately from any copyright or footage-license assessment.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1940s San Francisco home movie, 8mm outdoor crowd, hillside audience, and woman in red hat close-up.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1944 San Francisco footage, then broader 1940s public gathering or spectator material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 San Francisco home-movie frame showing a broad hillside audience with distant buildings or signage and dark film borders. — Wide view of a crowded hillside audience at an outdoor gathering.

Close-up from the 1944 San Francisco home movie of a woman in a red hat or head covering looking toward the camera. — A woman in red headwear appears in soft close-up.

1944 San Francisco frame showing a smiling woman in red headwear, with another spectator's hat partly visible at the edge. — The woman smiles directly toward the home-movie camera.

Close-up in the 1944 San Francisco footage of the smiling woman framed beside another spectator's hat and blurred background forms. — A close, cheerful spectator portrait fills the frame.

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