San Francisco California-1957: Waterfront Building with Arched Windows

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 San Francisco

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Waterfront Building with Arched Windows — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of a light grey building at a waterfront pier in San Francisco. The camera pans slowly across the structure, revealing its weathered facade, arched windows, and a prominent sign. A clear blue sky with scattered clouds frames the scene, while the pier's wooden walkway and support beams stretch into the foreground. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, authentic mid-century American atmosphere.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127710372

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1957 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s San Francisco waterfront establishing material, especially documentary inserts needing a brief pier-side building view from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frame may show mid-century waterfront infrastructure, with timber pier supports, simple industrial facades, arched windows, and a partially readable sign.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, panning from a public waterfront vantage point rather than staging activity or focusing on identifiable people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a light grey waterfront building, pier railings, timber supports, arched windows, utility poles, blue sky, and paved foreground.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, slight gate framing, color shift toward blue, and handheld motion that mark it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a San Francisco waterfront cutaway, location transition, or quiet memory beat within a 1950s travel or urban sequence.
Historical context: The view places the camera near working waterfront architecture, showing built structures and pier details rather than street life or interiors.
Research note: No faces, children, logos, or private interiors are apparent, but the building sign and property status should be reviewed separately from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Searches such as 1957 San Francisco waterfront 8mm, 1950s pier building, vintage California harbor facade, or home movie waterfront cutaway may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1957 San Francisco waterfront clips, then broader 1950s California harbor or pier exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 San Francisco home-movie frame showing a light grey pier-side building, railings, timber supports, and blue sky. — A waterfront building and pier structure seen from across a paved foreground.

San Francisco waterfront structure appears through soft 8mm framing, with railings, windows, and pier supports visible. — The camera continues across the waterfront facade and raised walkway.

1957 San Francisco waterfront view with a low building, pier railings, a partially readable sign, and soft 8mm color. — A wider pass across the pier buildings, sign, and support structure.

Soft final frame of a San Francisco pier-side building, walkway, posts, and blue sky in 8mm home-movie footage. — The pan ends on a blurred section of waterfront building and pier walkway.

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