San Francisco California-1944: American Flag Unfurled at Stadium Event with Crowd

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

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American Flag Unfurled at Stadium Event with Crowd — Clip Details

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA-1944: A large American flag is unfurled across a stadium field during a daytime event, with a massive crowd filling the bleachers in the background. Uniformed personnel stand in formation along the flag's edge, while other national flags are visible behind them. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures a patriotic moment with authentic grain and color saturation typical of 1940s amateur footage.

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: 125455948

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s editorial projects needing a patriotic stadium ceremony, wartime-era public gathering, or large-scale American flag display in San Francisco.
Period detail: The frames show a large U.S. flag, uniformed personnel, dense bleachers, and rows of national flags, consistent with a mid-1940s public stadium event.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot viewpoint from the stands, observing a formal flag presentation rather than a staged production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a giant American flag on the field, uniformed personnel, spectators in packed bleachers, flag bearers, multiple national flags, and stadium seating.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, saturated color, visible grain, slight handheld framing, and contact-print edge darkness typical of amateur color footage of the period.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, patriotic transition, stadium cutaway, or brief memory beat within a wartime home-front or civic ceremony sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a large public crowd gathered around a formal flag unfurling, suggesting civic ceremony and wartime-era patriotic display without identifying a specific event.
Research note: People and uniformed personnel are visible at distance, so likeness, military/police context, and event identification may require review separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s San Francisco stadium flag ceremony, 8mm American flag unfurling, wartime crowd footage, and vintage patriotic public event.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then with San Francisco 1944 clips, then with other 1940s stadium crowds, flag ceremonies, and home-front patriotic footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1944 San Francisco footage, a giant American flag lies across a stadium field before packed bleachers and uniformed personnel. — A large U.S. flag is unfurled across the stadium field before a dense crowd.

The stadium view shows the U.S. flag covering the field, with rows of national flags and a large crowd behind it. — National flags line the far side of the field as the large American flag remains spread out.

Flag bearers and uniformed personnel gather along the far side of the field during the San Francisco stadium ceremony. — Flag bearers and uniformed personnel stand near the field edge during the ceremony.

A packed stadium watches a large American flag display with uniformed personnel and many national flags visible in the background. — A dense stadium crowd surrounds the field as the flag ceremony continues.

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