San Francisco California-1939: Man Wearing Suit And Tie With White Hat Walking On Beach

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 California

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Man Wearing Suit And Tie With White Hat Walking On Beach — Clip Details

A man in a dark suit, white hat, and tie walks along a sandy beach in this 1939 8mm home movie. Shot in black and white, the footage captures him strolling near the water's edge with gentle waves rolling in behind him. The grainy texture and film scratches are visible, giving the clip a nostalgic, authentic vintage feel. The man walks steadily, his shadow cast on the sand, creating a timeless moment of quiet reflection by the sea.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127270024

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 1166 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: may
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1939 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 1930s San Francisco coastal-life requests needing a brief home-movie beach walking scene with an adult man in formal dress.
Period detail: The dark suit, tie, black shoes, and white hat may show late-1930s casual seaside dress captured in 8mm black-and-white home-movie footage.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged personal moment, with the man walking toward the camera along the surf line rather than posing in a formal setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suited man, white hat, sandy beach, wet shoreline, rolling waves, distant low dunes or coastline, shadow on sand, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, mild exposure variation, frame-edge marks, and handheld framing that support its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet insert, transitional memory beat, or coastal cutaway for period travel, leisure, or reflective documentary sequences.
Historical context: The scene suggests everyday seaside recreation near San Francisco in 1939, while the footage itself does not identify the beach or occasion.
Research note: A visible adult face and likeness may require review, while no logos, private property, children, or audible music are apparent from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 San Francisco beach home movie, 1930s man in suit on beach, black-and-white 8mm coastal walking, and vintage seaside leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 San Francisco beach material, then broader 1930s coastal walking or leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 San Francisco home-movie footage, a suited man in a white hat walks toward the camera along a broad sandy beach. — A suited man approaches from a distance along the shoreline.

The man in suit, tie, and white hat walks nearer the camera on a San Francisco beach, with low waves behind him. — The walking figure nears the foreground with waves rolling in behind him.

A suited man in a white hat passes closer to the camera on the beach, with the surf and distant shore visible behind him. — The man crosses the frame at closer range on the open beach.

Near the end of the shot, the man in formal clothing moves through the lower frame against the beach and surf. — The suited beach walker moves partly through the foreground as the shoreline recedes behind him.

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