California-1952: People at Saloon with Variety Show Sign

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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People at Saloon with Variety Show Sign — Clip Details

A grainy 8mm home movie from 1952 captures people entering and exiting a dimly lit establishment in California. A man in a purple shirt and glasses stands near a doorway, while another man in a light blue shirt walks past a sign for the 'Coco Saloon Players Old Time Variety Show.' The footage, shot at night, shows figures moving through the dark, with a woman in a white top briefly visible. The blue and purple color cast and film grain evoke a strong sense of nostalgia and vintage Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
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: 127545135

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 1234 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: miss universe
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1952 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s California nightlife, saloon entrance, and vintage entertainment cutaways in documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits.
Period detail: The painted variety show sign, short-sleeved shirts, and dim street or doorway setting may show mid-century casual nightlife around a saloon-style venue.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in people casually passing a doorway, pausing, smiling, and moving through a dark entrance from a visitor-shot perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult men in light shirts, a dark doorway, a Coco Saloon Players Old Time Variety Show sign, partial faces, and a briefly seen woman in white.
Film character: The 8mm footage has heavy grain, low night exposure, handheld framing, deep shadows, and a blue-purple color cast that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, nightlife transition, entrance cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century California leisure and entertainment scenes.
Historical context: The footage suggests a casual social visit to a saloon or entertainment venue, but the frames do not identify the business beyond the visible show sign.
Research note: People and a visible venue sign require likeness and trademark or signage review; copyright status should be assessed separately from publicity and property concerns.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1952 California saloon entrance, 8mm home movie nightlife, old time variety show sign, and people entering bar doorway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then with California 1952 footage, then with related nightlife, restaurant, bar, or vintage entertainment material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California 8mm frame showing a man in a light shirt near a dark entrance and a Coco Saloon Players variety show sign. — A man moves past a dark doorway beside the old time variety show sign.

Dim 1952 California home-movie frame with adult men in light shirts near the saloon doorway and partial sign area. — Figures pass through the dark entrance as the sign is partly visible behind them.

1952 California frame with a capped man, nearby adults, and the Coco Saloon Players variety show sign in low light. — A capped man and other adults gather near the sign and entrance.

1952 California 8mm frame showing a man in glasses beside the saloon variety show sign in a dark doorway setting. — A man in glasses stands near the old time variety show sign.

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