San Francisco California-1944: Football Game at Packed Stadium

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Football Game at Packed Stadium — 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 white and dark uniforms clash on the field while a massive crowd fills the stands, creating an electric atmosphere. The footage shows a classic mid-century sporting event with authentic period details, including period uniforms and the grainy, color-bleached look of Super 8 film. The camera remains stationary, offering a spectator's view of the action.

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: 125496824

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 sports or San Francisco archive requests needing brief home-movie coverage of a crowded football stadium.
Period detail: The packed open-air stands, football uniforms, and spectator viewpoint may show mid-century college or local football culture.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a spectator-shot home movie, observing field action from the stands without staged access.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a football field, players in light and dark uniforms, crowded grandstands, sideline figures, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, heavy grain, color shift, exposure variation, and contact-frame borders give the footage a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short sports insert, crowd cutaway, period transition, or memory beat for wartime-era recreation coverage.
Historical context: The footage visually places organized football within a large public gathering in 1940s San Francisco, based on supplied metadata.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are clearly identifiable from these frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s 8mm football game footage, San Francisco stadium crowd home movie, and vintage American sports spectators.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel sports or crowd scenes, then San Francisco 1944 material, then broader 1940s football and stadium footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 San Francisco home-movie frame showing football players in light and dark uniforms before a dense stadium crowd. — Players gather on the field as spectators fill the stands.

A spectator view of a 1940s San Francisco football game, with play underway and a large crowd in the background. — The game continues from a distant spectator viewpoint.

Wide 8mm frame of a football formation near the sideline, with packed stands rising behind the field. — A football formation appears near the sideline below the crowd.

Distant home-movie view of players clustered during a football play, framed by dense stadium seating and film borders. — Players cluster on the field as the stadium crowd fills the background.

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