San Francisco California-1944: Running Back Carrying Ball During College Football Game

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

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Running Back Carrying Ball During College Football Game — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this vintage footage captures a college football game in San Francisco, California. Players in period uniforms clash on a grass field, with a massive crowd filling the stadium stands. The grainy, slightly faded image shows a running back carrying the ball during a play, with players in motion and spectators watching intently. The footage has a nostalgic, archival quality, preserving a moment of mid-20th century American sports culture.

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: 125496886

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 American sports edits needing brief archival home-movie footage of a college football play in a packed San Francisco stadium.
Period detail: The uniforms, open grass field, dense grandstand crowd, and 8mm color home-movie look support a mid-1940s college football setting, as described in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from the stands with a spectator's handheld viewpoint, capturing the play and crowd atmosphere without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include football players in light and dark uniforms, a grass field, a line of scrimmage, sideline figures, a packed stadium crowd, and dark film frame edges.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, sports-memory beat, or transition into material about wartime-era college athletics or stadium crowds.
Historical context: The clip visually places football as a large public spectator event, with players and a full grandstand seen from an audience position.
Research note: People are visible at distance, so likeness and event identification should be reviewed separately from copyright or footage licensing status.
Research search match: Researchers may find it through searches for 1940s 8mm college football, San Francisco football game, vintage stadium crowd, or running back carrying ball.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with San Francisco 1944 material, then with broader 1940s football, stadium crowd, or American sports footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 San Francisco college football footage showing players at the line of scrimmage before a play, viewed from the stands. — Players set at the line of scrimmage as spectators fill the stadium behind them.

A 1944 San Francisco college football play begins, with players in motion near the line and a packed stadium behind them. — The play starts near midfield with players moving through the line.

College football players converge around the advancing play in 1944 San Francisco home-movie footage. — Players converge around the ball carrier as the play develops in front of the crowd.

End of a 1944 San Francisco college football play, with players separating on the field and the grandstand still in view. — Players separate after the play while the packed stands remain visible across the field.

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