California-1952: View Of Blue Car Parked Adjacent To Tan Building On A Sunny Day

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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View Of Blue Car Parked Adjacent To Tan Building On A... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched street scene in California. The clip opens with dark, silhouetted figures in a dimly lit interior before transitioning to a bright outdoor view. A classic blue sedan is parked on the street, with a tan building and a tall apartment complex in the background. Pedestrians walk along the sidewalk under a clear sky, and other vintage cars are visible, capturing the essence of mid-century American life. The footage features natural film grain and color shifts typical of 8mm home movies from the era.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127545230

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 street-life requests needing a brief home-movie cutaway of parked cars, apartment buildings, and pedestrians in bright urban daylight.
Period detail: The rounded blue sedan, pale mid-rise buildings, and street traffic may show early-1950s California urban design and everyday transportation.
Home-movie behavior: The camera moves from a dark interior or shaded threshold into a casual street view, giving the clip an unstaged observer's perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include silhouetted people indoors, a blue sedan, tan apartment buildings, pedestrians, parked cars, street pavement, and sunlit facades.
Film character: The 8mm color image has soft focus, visible grain, exposure shifts, and slight color cast that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short transition from interior shadow to outdoor city life, or as a cutaway for mid-century California streets.
Historical context: The scene provides everyday visual context for automobile-centered urban street life without identifying a specific neighborhood or event.
Research note: People and a car badge or plate may be visible, so likeness, trademark, and vehicle identification should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1952 California 8mm street scene, blue vintage sedan parked by apartment building, and mid-century urban home movie footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other California 1952 street views, then broader 1950s transportation and city-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Dim 1952 home-movie frame showing silhouetted people inside or under shade, with bright daylight beyond. — Silhouetted figures appear in a dark interior before the street scene begins.

1952 California street view with the rear of a blue sedan, sunlit pavement, and distant parked cars. — A blue sedan fills the foreground on a bright urban street.

1952 California street scene with a blue sedan, tan apartment buildings, pedestrians, and parked cars. — The parked sedan sits below mid-rise buildings as pedestrians cross nearby.

1952 California urban view showing a blue car in the foreground, pedestrians, tan buildings, and a taller background facade. — Pedestrians move through a sunlit street lined with apartment buildings and parked cars.

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