San Francisco California-1944: Football Game at Stadium with Players and Spectators

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

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Football Game at Stadium with Players and Spectators — Clip Details

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA-1944: Vintage 8mm home movie footage captures a packed football stadium during a 1940s game. Players in period uniforms clash on the field under bright daylight, with a massive crowd filling the stands. The grainy black-and-white image, shot on 8mm film, shows the raw, unfiltered energy of a mid-century sporting event. A referee in a striped shirt oversees the action, while spectators watch intently from the sidelines. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into American sports history.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125496740

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 San Francisco sports requests needing brief archival football stadium footage for documentary, museum, education, or period recreation edits.
Period detail: The packed stands, striped official, leather-helmet era uniforms, and black-and-white 8mm look support a mid-1940s college or amateur football setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator-shot viewpoint from the stands, capturing crowd scale and on-field action without staged access or broadcast-style coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a packed stadium, football players in light uniforms, a striped official, sideline spectators, goal-line markings, and handheld framing.
Film character: The footage shows dense 8mm grain, soft focus, high daylight exposure, gate edges, and slight handheld drift that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, sports-history cutaway, stadium atmosphere beat, or transition into broader 1940s American recreation material.
Historical context: The frames show football as a large public spectator event in wartime-era San Francisco, with a substantial crowd watching from tiered stands.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so copyright, likeness, venue, and event-identification questions should be reviewed before commercial or sensitive use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s 8mm football game, San Francisco stadium crowd, vintage American sports footage, and home movie football stands.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other San Francisco 1944 material, then broader 1940s football or stadium crowd scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 San Francisco 8mm view of a football game, with players on the field, a striped official, and packed stadium seating behind them. — Spectator view of football action before a large stadium crowd.

1944 San Francisco football footage showing a play forming on the field, with sideline figures and dense crowd seating in the background. — Players gather near the play while the stadium crowd watches.

Mid-1940s 8mm stadium view in San Francisco, showing football players near the sideline and a broad crowd-filled grandstand. — Wide home-movie view of players beneath a packed grandstand.

1944 San Francisco home-movie frame of a football field from the stands, with players at right and a large crowd filling the background. — Wide stadium crowd shot with football action at field level.

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