San Francisco California-1944: Football Game with Running Play at Stadium

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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 with Running Play at Stadium — Clip Details

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA-1944: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a packed football stadium during a game. Players in period uniforms run across the field while a massive crowd fills the stands, creating a sea of spectators. The footage shows a classic American football play in progress, with players in white and dark jerseys competing under bright daylight. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film border are characteristic of 1940s home movie footage. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century sports culture and community entertainment.

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: 125496866

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, stadium crowd, and American football sequences needing authentic home-movie atmosphere from San Francisco.
Period detail: The footage shows period football uniforms, packed stands, sideline figures, and 8mm color home-movie framing consistent with the supplied 1944 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a spectator-shot viewpoint from the stands, emphasizing the crowd experience as much as the football play on the field.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include football players in white and dark uniforms, a crowded grandstand, green field, sideline spectators, coaches or officials, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that add useful physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a sports-history insert, crowd cutaway, period transition, or brief memory beat within a mid-century recreation sequence.
Historical context: The frames document public leisure around a football game, with a large crowd gathered in stadium seating during daylight.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed, while copyright, venue, and event rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s 8mm football game footage, packed stadium crowd, San Francisco sports home movie, and vintage American football play.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then San Francisco or 1944 material, then broader vintage football, stadium crowd, and recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

San Francisco 1944 home-movie frame showing football players on the field with a dense stadium crowd in the background. — Players prepare on the field as spectators fill the stands.

1944 San Francisco football game frame with players running during a play and spectators packed across the stadium seating. — A running play unfolds in front of the crowded grandstand.

Home-movie view of a 1944 San Francisco football play, with linemen and backs on the field and spectators filling the stands. — Players gather near the line as the crowd watches from the stands.

San Francisco 1944 8mm frame showing football players spread across the field beneath a densely filled grandstand. — Teams set for play with the packed stadium visible behind them.

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