San Francisco California-1939: Man With Messy Hair Carrying Woman In Plaid Skirt

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

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Man With Messy Hair Carrying Woman In Plaid Skirt — Clip Details

A man with messy hair carries a woman in a plaid skirt through a sunny outdoor setting in this 1939 8mm home movie. The couple shares a joyful moment as he spins her around on a dirt path near a hillside, with trees and shadows visible in the background. The woman wears a white hat and high heels, her legs kicking playfully as they embrace. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the grainy texture and nostalgic charm of mid-century American life, evoking romance and carefree summer days.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127270148

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 1930s home-movie requests needing a brief romantic or playful couple moment in an outdoor San Francisco setting.
Period detail: The clothing, white hat, plaid skirt, heels, and black-and-white 8mm look support a late-1930s domestic leisure impression.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in an unstaged intimate gesture, with a man lifting and spinning a woman as both move playfully on a sunny dirt path.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in dark clothing, a woman in a plaid skirt and white hat, high heels, hillside dirt, trees, shadows, and film frame edges.
Film character: The clip has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, frame jitter, and contact-print texture that read as original home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, romantic insert, or transitional cutaway for courtship, marriage, or prewar domestic-life sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal leisure and affectionate posing in a private home-movie context, without enough visual evidence to identify a specific site.
Research note: People are clearly visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed; no logos, music, or private property indicators are apparent from these frames.
Research search match: Search matches include 1939 8mm couple footage, San Francisco home movie, man carrying woman, playful romance, plaid skirt, and outdoor hillside path.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then with 1939 San Francisco home movies, then with courtship, marriage, leisure, or playful couple themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 San Francisco home-movie footage, a man carries a woman in a plaid skirt and white hat along a sunlit dirt path. — A man lifts a woman in a plaid skirt as she kicks one leg outward on a hillside path.

The man appears to spin while carrying the woman, whose plaid skirt and white hat stand out against the bright hillside. — The couple turns together, with the woman's skirt and legs blurred by motion.

A man and woman remain closely held as they turn near a dirt slope, with trees and strong sunlight behind them. — The man holds the woman close as they continue turning beside the hillside.

The final frame is largely dark and grainy, showing film texture with no clearly identifiable people or objects. — A dark end frame shows the physical grain and exposure shift of the 8mm film.

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