San Francisco California-1939: Three Playful Adults One Man And Two Women

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

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Three Playful Adults One Man And Two Women — Clip Details

SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA-1939: Three adults enjoy a playful moment in a sun-drenched garden, captured on 8mm film. A man in a dark suit and bow tie pretends to aim a toy gun at two women, one in a floral dress and the other in a plaid dress and white hat, who react with laughter and mock alarm. The scene unfolds near a metal trellis with lush greenery, showcasing the grainy, high-contrast aesthetic of vintage home movie footage from the late 1930s.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127270136

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: 1939 San Francisco home-movie footage useful for productions needing a brief late-1930s social play or garden interaction insert.
Period detail: The clothing, white brimmed hat, bow tie, metal garden trellis, and black-and-white 8mm look support a late-1930s domestic leisure setting.
Home-movie behavior: Three adults perform for the camera in a playful mock confrontation, giving the clip unstaged social energy and home-movie intimacy.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suited man, two women in patterned dresses, a white hat, a possible toy gun gesture, a metal trellis, shrubs, lawn, and hard sunlight.
Film character: The footage has high-contrast 8mm grain, slight blur, edge vignetting, and exposure shifts that give the garden scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, comic cutaway, or transitional insert for prewar leisure, friendship, or staged family play.
Historical context: The scene shows adults using costume, gesture, and camera awareness for playful performance in an outdoor garden setting.
Research note: People are clearly visible, so likeness review may be needed; the scene shows no visible brands, music, or identifiable private interior, but copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1939 San Francisco home movie, late 1930s adults playing in garden, 8mm social footage, and vintage mock gun gag.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 San Francisco footage, then broader 1930s garden, social gathering, or playful adult scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 San Francisco home-movie footage, a suited man and two women in patterned dresses pose playfully near a metal garden trellis. — Three adults act out a playful moment beside a garden trellis.

A man in a dark suit crosses a sunlit garden area, partly blurred by motion, with dense shrubs behind him. — The suited man moves across the garden during the playful scene.

The 8mm frame holds on the garden setting, with shrubs, lawn, deep shadows, and a partial standing figure at the right edge. — The camera briefly catches the garden and a partial figure at the edge.

The suited man crouches or leans toward a woman in a plaid dress and white hat during the playful garden exchange. — The man and hat-wearing woman face each other in the garden.

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