San Francisco California-1939: People On Board A Ship Named Santa In An Old

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

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People On Board A Ship Named Santa In An Old — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures passengers on board the ship Santa in San Francisco. The grainy black-and-white footage shows people looking out from the ship's windows, some wearing hats typical of the era. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics with visible grain, scratches, and a soft focus, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century maritime travel. The name 'SANTA' is clearly visible on the ship's side, confirming the vessel's identity. This archival clip is ideal for historical documentaries, period pieces, or nostalgic content about early 20th-century transportation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 127270403

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: Yes
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: 1930s San Francisco maritime home-movie footage for documentary inserts about passenger ships, waterfront travel, or prewar urban transportation.
Period detail: The hats, ship windows, painted vessel name, and black-and-white 8mm texture support a late-1930s passenger-ship setting in San Francisco.
Home-movie behavior: Passengers appear informally observed through ship windows, giving the clip the unstaged feel of a traveler filming activity aboard a vessel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ship windows, passengers in hats, exterior siding, dark vertical frame edges, a painted hull or superstructure, and the partial name SANTA.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, exposure variation, scratches, and gate shadows that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, maritime travel insert, transition from pier to shipboard scenes, or a memory beat in a 1930s sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows public-facing shipboard activity and visible passengers, suggesting everyday travel or viewing from a vessel rather than a staged event.
Research note: People and the vessel name are visible, so likeness, trademark or vessel-identification review may be needed separately from copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 San Francisco ship home movie, 8mm passenger vessel windows, Santa ship footage, and black-and-white maritime travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1939 San Francisco waterfront clips, then broader 1930s passenger ship or maritime travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 San Francisco 8mm frame showing passengers looking from ship windows, with dark film edges and soft black-and-white detail. — Passengers are seen through the ship windows during a brief exterior view.

Black-and-white 8mm view of a ship exterior in San Francisco, showing windows above and a darker lower opening with faint figures. — The camera frames the ship side, windows, and a darker lower-deck area.

8mm frame with the partial vessel name SANTA on the ship side, obscured by exposure flare and dark gate edges. — The ship name appears partially visible beneath an overexposed horizontal band.

Close view of the ship side with SANTA clearly painted across the surface, recorded in grainy black-and-white 8mm footage. — The vessel name SANTA is legible on the side of the ship.

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