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California-1961: Woman On A Holiday Pointing To A Sign On An Old Building

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  • Year1961
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationCalifornia, United States
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1961 California

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Woman On A Holiday Pointing To A Sign On An Old Building — Clip Details

A woman in a blue jacket and yellow skirt stands on a porch in California in 1961, captured on 8mm film. She holds a black handbag and gestures toward a sign above a building entrance that reads 'ENTERTAINMENT' and 'WE RUN A CLEAN PLACE'. The footage shows her smiling and pointing, with a vintage aesthetic, film grain, and natural lighting. The scene evokes mid-century Americana and personal memory.

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
127409346

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 1740 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label
indian pow wow
Reel-level year note
1961-1966
Reel-level location note
san bernardino,california,slaton sea
Date
1961 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
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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Topics & Keywords

  • history
  • recreation
  • holidays
  • people
  • buildings
  • woman
  • holiday
  • pointing
  • sign
  • building
  • california
  • 1961
  • 1961 California home movie
  • vintage 8mm film
  • woman pointing at sign
  • retro Americana
  • mid-century woman
  • old building entrance
  • entertainment sign
  • 1960s family footage
  • nostalgic home movie
  • archival 8mm
  • classic American life
  • vintage film grain
  • porch scene
  • 1960s fashion
  • California 1961
  • old sign
  • smiling woman
  • historical footage
  • home movie footage
  • 8mm home movie

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s California home-movie requests needing a brief holiday or roadside-entertainment building moment with a visible adult visitor.
Period detail
The woman's blue jacket, yellow skirt, handbag, porch setting, and hand-painted entrance signage support an early-1960s leisure-travel reading.
Home-movie behavior
The woman appears to pose and gesture for the camera, giving the clip the informal timing and personal attention of visitor-shot home-movie footage.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include an adult woman, blue jacket, yellow skirt, black handbag, porch columns, glass-paneled doors, entrance signage, and shaded building frontage.
Film character
The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, dark edge falloff, and handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a short insert, travel-memory beat, or cutaway for mid-century leisure, roadside attractions, or family vacation sequences.
Historical context
The clip shows a woman interacting with signage outside an entertainment venue, suggesting everyday recreation without confirming the site's identity or business history.
Research note
Human likeness and visible signage should be reviewed separately from footage copyright, especially if the venue name or location can be identified.
Research search match
Research matches include 1961 California 8mm woman pointing at sign, mid-century holiday home movie, vintage entertainment building, and roadside recreation footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then California 1961 travel footage, then broader 1960s holiday, signage, and recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1961 California home-movie footage, a woman in a blue jacket and yellow skirt poses near glass-paneled doors while holding a black handbag.
A woman poses near the porch doorway with her handbag visible.
The woman raises an arm beneath a building sign that reads in part ENTERTAINMENT and WE RUN A CLEAN PLACE.
The woman points or waves below the entrance signage.
The woman leans forward in the shaded entrance area, with porch columns and a partially visible sign above her.
A blurred frame shows the woman bending near the entrance columns.
The woman appears seated or leaning near the glass-paneled doorway, partly hidden by a porch column, with her yellow skirt prominent.
The woman rests near the doorway as the porch column divides the frame.

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