Virginia City California-1937: View Of Yellow Car Parked In Front Of Grey Building

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationVirginia City, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 Virginia City California

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View Of Yellow Car Parked In Front Of Grey Building — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures a historic view of a grand white building with ornate windows and a prominent entrance in Virginia City, California. A pale yellow vintage car is parked in front, adding a touch of mid-century Americana. The scene is framed by power lines against a clear sky, with the film's characteristic grain and color palette evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The clip offers a rare glimpse into everyday life and architecture from the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127259860

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

People 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: 1937 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: Virginia City, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s documentary or education edits needing a brief exterior view of a civic or church-like building with a parked period car in Virginia City, California.
Period detail: The yellow rounded automobile, ornate windows, spire, overhead wires, and color 8mm texture support a late-1930s street-view reading.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels like a visitor-shot look from across the street, holding on the building and car rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pale yellow car, white and grey facade, ornate window trim, central entrance, tall spire, overhead wires, blue sky, and film gate edges.
Film character: The scan shows soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, dark frame borders, and a steady but home-movie handheld composition.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, architectural cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into a 1930s Western town sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually places a parked automobile against ornate small-town architecture, suggesting everyday street life observed through a home-movie camera.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and any property or landmark permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1937 8mm Virginia City street view, yellow vintage car outside ornate building, home movie church spire exterior, and 1930s Western town architecture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1937 Virginia City material, then 1930s architecture, parked cars, and small-town street exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 8mm view of an ornate building in Virginia City, California, with a pale yellow car parked in front and overhead wires crossing the sky. — A pale yellow car sits outside an ornate spired building in a 1930s street view.

Virginia City, California exterior shows the spire and upper facade of an ornate building, with a yellow car near the lower edge. — The building's spire and upper windows dominate the frame above a parked car.

A 1937 home-movie frame shows a yellow period car outside an ornate white building in Virginia City, California. — The parked yellow car is centered below rows of decorated windows and a recessed doorway.

The final frame holds on the ornate Virginia City building and parked yellow car, with wires crossing the sky above the spire. — A steady street-level view frames the yellow car, building facade, and spire under a clear sky.

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