San Francisco California-1939: Man In Fedora With Dog At Fence, House Exterior

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 California

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Man In Fedora With Dog At Fence, House Exterior — Clip Details

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA-1939: A man in a dark suit and white fedora leans on a wooden fence post, looking down at a dog beside him. The grainy black-and-white 8mm film captures a quiet, candid moment in a residential neighborhood. The scene shifts to a house with a tiled roof and a person standing near the entrance, surrounded by lush bushes. The footage exudes a nostalgic, everyday life feel from the late 1930s, with natural lighting and authentic home movie imperfections.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127270035

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 home-movie requests needing a quiet residential insert with a man, dog, fence, and house exterior.
Period detail: The man's suit and fedora, simple wood fencing, stucco wall, tiled roof, and black-and-white 8mm texture support a late-1930s residential setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage preserves an unstaged domestic moment as a man leans toward a dog and the camera then observes a nearby house from a casual home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suited man in a light fedora, a dog below a wooden rail, fence posts, stucco house walls, a tiled roof edge, bushes, windows, and a distant person near an entrance.
Film character: The clip has soft black-and-white 8mm grain, mild exposure variation, gate edges, dust specks, and handheld framing that give it clear physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, neighborhood transition, domestic memory beat, or visual bridge within a 1930s family-life sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers everyday residential context rather than a public event, showing people and a dog around a house and fence in San Francisco in 1939.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and property considerations should be checked separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 San Francisco home movie, 1930s man with dog, vintage 8mm house exterior, residential neighborhood footage, and fedora fence scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 San Francisco clips, then broader 1930s home-movie scenes of houses, pets, and family neighborhoods.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 San Francisco 8mm frame showing a suited man in a light fedora leaning over a wooden fence toward a dog. — A man in a fedora leans on a fence while a dog stands below the rail.

1939 San Francisco home-movie frame of a suited man reaching over a wooden fence toward a dog near the rail. — The man bends and extends an arm toward the dog at the fence.

1939 San Francisco 8mm frame showing a stucco house exterior, shrubs, a window, and a person standing near an entrance. — The view shifts to a house facade with dense shrubs and a person near the doorway.

1939 San Francisco home-movie frame of a residential house exterior with bushes, tiled roof detail, and a person by the entrance. — A person stands near the house entrance as the camera holds on the facade and shrubs.

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