San Francisco California-1939: Twin Engine Prop Plane Taxiing With Spinning Propeller

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

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Twin Engine Prop Plane Taxiing With Spinning Propeller — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage footage captures a twin-engine propeller plane taxiing on a runway in San Francisco, California. The black-and-white home movie shows the aircraft's tail and spinning propeller from a low-angle perspective, with visible film grain and edge distortion typical of Super 8 home movies. The plane moves slowly across the tarmac, its engines turning as it prepares for takeoff. The grainy, nostalgic quality evokes mid-20th century aviation history and personal travel memories.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127270514

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s San Francisco aviation footage for documentary or museum edits needing a brief home-movie view of a twin-engine propeller aircraft on the ground.
Period detail: The aircraft tail, exposed propeller motion, monochrome 8mm image, and runway-side vantage support a late-1930s aviation setting without visible airline markings.
Home-movie behavior: The low, close viewpoint feels like a traveler or spectator filming from beside the aircraft rather than a staged aviation record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the aircraft tail section, spinning propeller blur, wing surface, runway edge, metal rail or strut, dark frame bars, and film grain.
Film character: The clip carries dense black-and-white grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and contact-frame edge artifacts that preserve its 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a short aviation insert, travel-memory cutaway, or transitional beat before broader airport or departure material.
Historical context: The footage shows small-aircraft ground activity at San Francisco in 1939, reflecting personal filming of air travel rather than an official news scene.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable markings are visible, but copyright status and any aircraft or location property issues should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1939 San Francisco airplane footage, 8mm twin-engine prop plane taxiing, vintage aviation home movie, and spinning propeller runway shot.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 San Francisco travel footage, then broader vintage airport and propeller-aircraft material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 San Francisco 8mm frame showing a propeller aircraft tail, wing surface, and runway-side hardware in black and white. — Aircraft tail and wing seen from a low runway-side angle.

Black-and-white 8mm view of a 1939 San Francisco propeller aircraft tail with the propeller turning beside the wing. — Spinning propeller visible beside the aircraft tail.

1939 San Francisco home-movie frame with the aircraft wing and tail passing through a low, close runway-side composition. — Wing and tail section fill the frame as the aircraft moves slowly.

Black-and-white 8mm frame from 1939 San Francisco showing a propeller aircraft tail, wing, and rotating propeller blur. — Tail and propeller remain visible in the closing frame.

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