San Francisco California-1939: Man Pointing Toy Gun At Two Women

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

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Man Pointing Toy Gun At Two Women — Clip Details

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA-1939: A man in a suit playfully points a toy gun at two women in a backyard setting. One woman in a plaid dress and white hat stands on a wooden structure, reacting with laughter, while the other in a floral dress watches. The scene captures a lighthearted moment of 1930s domestic life, shot on 8mm film with natural lighting and visible grain. The vintage footage shows a candid, joyful interaction among friends or family, with trees and a wooden frame in the background. This authentic home movie captures the era's fashion and leisure activities, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 127270126

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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 requests needing 1930s San Francisco home-movie footage of informal backyard leisure, adult friends, and playful domestic behavior for documentary or museum context.
Period detail: The clothing, hats, suit jacket, and 8mm home-movie format support a late-1930s domestic setting, with the 1939 San Francisco location supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The scene preserves an unstaged-looking joke as a suited man points a toy gun toward two laughing women near a backyard wooden frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suited man, two women in patterned dresses, a white hat, a toy gun, a wooden garden structure, shrubs, trees, and bright outdoor light.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that reinforce its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, comic insert, or domestic-life cutaway between broader 1930s family, leisure, or San Francisco sequences.
Historical context: The clip shows adult social play in a private-looking outdoor garden setting, offering visual context for casual fashion and home recreation without making broader claims.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Research matches include 1939 San Francisco 8mm home movie, 1930s backyard play, adults with toy gun, women in patterned dresses, and vintage domestic leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 San Francisco home movies, then broader 1930s family leisure or playful backyard scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 San Francisco home-movie frame of a suited man playfully aiming a toy gun at a woman in a plaid dress and white hat outdoors. — A suited man playfully points a toy gun toward a woman standing by a backyard wooden structure.

In a 1939 San Francisco backyard scene, a suited man crouches with a toy gun while a woman in a plaid dress reaches toward him. — The playful exchange continues as the woman reaches out and the man crouches with the prop gun.

1939 San Francisco home-movie frame with a suited man holding a toy gun near two women in patterned dresses in a garden setting. — A second woman in a floral dress joins the backyard joke as the man holds the toy gun at his side.

A 1939 San Francisco backyard home-movie frame shows two women smiling near a wooden structure while a suited man holds a toy gun. — The women smile and react beside the wooden garden structure as the playful moment winds down.

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