San Francisco California-1944: Soldiers Marching in Military Parade

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

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Soldiers Marching in Military Parade — Clip Details

Soldiers in olive drab uniforms march in precise formation across a grassy stadium field during a 1944 military parade in San Francisco, California. The troops carry rifles at the ready as they pass a massive crowd filling the stadium stands. A colorfully striped flag, possibly Ukrainian, is carried by a soldier in the procession. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays authentic grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic framing of a home movie, capturing a moment of wartime patriotism and public ceremony.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 125455598

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: Yes
Audible music: Yes

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 wartime-era editorial sequences needing military parade footage in a San Francisco stadium setting.
Period detail: Olive drab uniforms, shouldered rifles, packed stadium seating, and flag bearers provide visible 1940s military ceremony cues.
Home-movie behavior: The elevated spectator viewpoint gives the clip the feel of a visitor-recorded public ceremony rather than staged newsreel coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include marching soldiers, rifles, a grassy stadium field, crowded stands, flags, sideline personnel, and home-movie frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm color image has soft grain, mild color fading, handheld framing, and contact-sheet gate edges that support its archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or crowd-scale cutaway within a wartime home-front or public ceremony sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows a large public audience watching uniformed troops march in formation, suggesting civic wartime display without confirming a specific event.
Research note: People, military insignia or flags, and possible music require review for likeness, trademark or emblem context, and audio rights separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1944 San Francisco military parade 8mm, soldiers marching in stadium, wartime public ceremony, and home movie troops with rifles.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel stadium parade material, then San Francisco 1944 clips, then broader 1940s military ceremony and home-front crowd footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a San Francisco stadium setting, uniformed soldiers march with rifles across the field before packed stands. — Soldiers march in formation along the stadium field as spectators fill the stands.

Uniformed troops with shouldered rifles pass through a crowded San Francisco stadium during the 1944 parade footage. — Rifle-bearing soldiers continue past the camera with a large crowd in the background.

A line of soldiers with rifles advances through the stadium parade route, filmed from a high spectator position. — Marching troops move across the field below a densely filled stadium stand.

Flag bearers, including a blue and yellow flag, move onto the stadium field as soldiers continue marching nearby. — Flag bearers join the procession inside the stadium as the crowd watches from the stands.

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