San Francisco California-1944: Historic Football Game With Parade Float And Crowded Stadium

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

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Historic Football Game With Parade Float And Crowded Stadium — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this vintage footage captures a historic football game at a packed stadium in San Francisco, California. The grainy, color-saturated images show players in white and gold uniforms on the field, with a large crowd filling the stands. A prominent floral parade float with an American flag and dignitaries is visible near the goalposts, suggesting a ceremonial opening event. The footage has a nostalgic, home movie quality with natural film grain and slight motion blur, offering a rare glimpse into mid-20th century American sports and civic life.

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: 125455495

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s editorial requests needing color home-movie footage of American football, stadium crowds, and civic ceremony in San Francisco.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century football uniforms, packed bleachers, a large American flag, and a floral float or platform that may show a ceremonial game opening.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a spectator-shot viewpoint from the stands, valuing the obstructed foreground, handheld framing, and glimpses of crowd behavior as part of the home-movie record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include football players, goalposts, crowded stadium seating, a floral float or platform, dignitaries, an American flag, and a partial foreground obstruction.
Film character: The 8mm color scan shows soft focus, visible grain, saturated greens and blues, gate edges, and handheld exposure shifts consistent with original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or contextual cutaway for wartime-era sport, civic ceremony, stadium spectacle, or public gathering sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually connects organized sport with patriotic pageantry and public attendance, while the exact game, teams, and ceremony should not be identified from these frames alone.
Research note: People and faces are visible at a distance, so copyright status, likeness concerns, event permissions, and any identifiable ceremony or team details require separate review.
Research search match: Research matches include 1940s San Francisco football game home movie, 8mm crowded stadium ceremony, vintage American flag parade float, and wartime-era sports crowd footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1944 San Francisco scenes, and then with related football, stadium crowd, civic parade, or patriotic ceremony material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 San Francisco football scene with packed stadium seating, players on the field, and a large pale foreground obstruction near the camera. — Spectator view across the football field toward crowded stadium seating.

1944 San Francisco stadium view showing football players near goalposts beside a floral ceremonial platform and large American flag. — Players and a ceremonial platform appear near the goalposts during a packed stadium event.

Color 8mm frame of a 1944 San Francisco football game with goalposts, players, spectators, and a decorated platform near the sideline. — A decorated platform stands near the goalposts as players move across the field.

1944 San Francisco football stadium frame with players, crowd-filled stands, goalposts, an American flag, and a floral ceremonial platform. — The stadium crowd watches as players and a ceremonial platform share the field area.

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