San Francisco California-1944: Large Stadium With People Running Down Football Field

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

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Large Stadium With People Running Down Football Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this vintage home movie captures a bustling football game at a packed stadium in San Francisco, California. Players in period uniforms sprint across the field during a kickoff, surrounded by a massive crowd filling the stands. The grainy, monochrome footage shows classic wartime-era athletic action, with visible film scratches and a slightly shaky camera perspective. The scene conveys the energy and excitement of a live sporting event during the 1940s, offering authentic archival footage for historical or nostalgic projects.

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: 125496761

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, stadium crowd, and wartime-era public recreation requests needing authentic 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The packed stands, monochrome 8mm look, and football uniforms may show mid-1940s college or local stadium play, with the 1944 San Francisco setting supported by supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator-shot viewpoint, watching play from the stands with handheld framing and brief glimpses of crowd scale rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a football field, players running in formation, goalposts, a densely filled grandstand, sideline figures, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, heavy grain, flicker, scratches, and uneven exposure give the short 8mm scan a physical home-movie texture consistent with original film handling.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief insert, transition, or cutaway for 1940s sports, crowd energy, San Francisco recreation, or archival memory sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a large public sporting event with a crowded stadium and active field play, without enough detail to identify the teams or event.
Research note: People are visible but not individually identifiable in these frames; users should still review likeness, venue, and underlying copyright questions separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1944 San Francisco football game, 1940s stadium crowd, vintage 8mm sports footage, kickoff field action, and home movie football.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1944 San Francisco material, then broader 1940s sports crowds and stadium scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 San Francisco home-movie frame showing football players near goalposts before a densely filled stadium stand. — Players move on a football field before a large, blurred grandstand crowd.

Distant 8mm view of football players crossing the field near goalposts with San Francisco stadium seating behind them. — A line of players runs across the field as the crowd fills the background stands.

Soft, grainy 1944 San Francisco stadium view with a packed grandstand and small figures along the football field edge. — The camera frames the scale of the crowd above the field and sideline.

Distant home-movie frame of players moving down a San Francisco football field with a packed 1944 stadium crowd behind them. — Players continue downfield while spectators fill the background seating.

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