California-1952: View Of Two Grey Tombstones On A Bright Sunny Day

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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View Of Two Grey Tombstones On A Bright Sunny Day — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from California in 1952 captures a sun-drenched view of two grey tombstones in a quiet cemetery. The first tombstone commemorates 'Honest Charlie' of California, while the second marks 'Sappho,' a burro and Charlie's trusted friend. The footage, shot through a wooden fence, shows the weathered stones surrounded by greenery under bright daylight, with visible film grain and color fading characteristic of Super 8 film. The scene evokes a nostalgic, historical atmosphere, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or vintage Americana projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127545147

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s California home-movie footage for editors needing a brief cemetery cutaway with weathered animal or local-history grave markers.
Period detail: The frame may show mid-century roadside or memorial presentation through visible hand-lettered stone markers, a wooden fence, bright sun, and 8mm color stock.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from behind a wooden fence, giving the clip the informal visitor-shot perspective of someone pausing at a small grave display.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two grey tombstones, a wooden fence, sandy ground, rocks, low plants, strong sunlight, and dark fence-edge framing.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, warm color fading, high-contrast daylight, and slight handheld framing consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, cemetery transition, reflective memory beat, or cutaway within a sequence about California travel or vernacular memorials.
Historical context: The clip documents a small memorial setting in California, with grave markers for 'Honest Charlie' and 'Sappho' visible but not enough context to identify the site from the frames alone.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but tombstone inscriptions and cemetery context may require editorial sensitivity and separate copyright or property review.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1950s California cemetery 8mm, vintage home movie tombstones, grey grave markers sunny day, and Sappho burro memorial footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1952 California cemetery or travel material, then with broader vintage Americana memorial footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California 8mm frame showing grey tombstones behind a wooden fence, with plants, rocks, and sunlit ground. — Two weathered grave markers appear behind fence slats in a small sunlit cemetery setting.

1952 California frame with the Sappho marker and another grey tombstone partly framed by a wooden fence. — The Sappho marker and a neighboring stone are visible through dark vertical fence framing.

1952 California 8mm frame showing one grey marker near a fence, rocks, sandy ground, and a partial passerby at left. — A single marker stands near a wooden fence as a cropped visitor passes at the edge of the frame.

1952 California frame showing a small grey tombstone by a wooden fence with rocks, plant growth, and strong sunlight. — The camera settles on one grave marker beside the fence, surrounded by rocks and sunlit ground.

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