San Diego California-1953: Maroon Number 35 Sports Coupe Beside a Mobiloil Truck

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 · San Diego, California, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1953–1956 · California & San Diego · Reel 76d62872 contains 14 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

motoring
club gatherings
sports cars
vehicle servicing
postwar leisure
automotive design

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · Approximately eye-level side view
Setting: outdoor · Paved vehicle assembly area beside a large building
Time and weather: daytime · undetermined · Dry and apparently clear
Lighting: Direct daylight with bright vehicle reflections and defined shadows
People: 3 · One driver is visible through the coupe's side window; a participant in tan clothing and a dark cap stands behind it, while another in a light shirt and pale headwear bends near the rear.
Vehicles: Maroon sports coupe numbered 35 with wire wheels · Red Mobiloil service truck · Partially visible dark foreground automobile
Objects: White competition number · Wire-spoke wheels · Truck-mounted service body · Pegasus emblem · Paved surface · Building windows · Vertical pole
Readable signs: 35 · Mobilo
Colors: maroon · red · gray · cream · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The maroon number 35 coupe appears in profile beside the red service truck.
The driver remains seated as participants stand and bend behind the car.
The view continues with slight framing drift and the dark foreground vehicle partly obscuring the rear.

Maroon Number 35 Sports Coupe Beside a Mobiloil Truck — Clip Details

San Diego, California, circa 1953 home movie footage shows a maroon sports coupe carrying a large white number 35 beside a red Mobiloil service truck. A driver sits inside while one person stands behind the car and another bends near its rear. The continuous side view holds on the rounded body, wire wheels and surrounding activity with slight handheld drift. A dark vehicle partly blocks the lower right foreground.

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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004896

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1953 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 Diego, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This brief view supports documentary requests for circa 1953 California sports-car gatherings, numbered coupes and period automotive service vehicles.
Period detail: The coupe's rounded body, wire wheels, painted competition number and the truck's large oil-company lettering provide visible period detail.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches a seated driver and nearby participants occupied with the vehicles, giving the gathering an unstaged spectator perspective.
What appears in frame: The composition contains a maroon numbered coupe, its seated driver, two nearby participants, a red service truck, a cropped dark automobile and a windowed building.
Film character: Visible grain, soft focus, saturated reds, cool shadows and slight framing instability reflect the small-gauge film and projected-image capture.
Edit role: Use the shot as an automotive detail insert between wider rally views or as a cutaway connecting numbered cars with service-area activity.
Historical context: The numbered coupe and branded truck place sports-car participation alongside practical vehicle support within the section's motor-club gathering.
Research note: People, vehicle property and Mobiloil branding are visible; film copyright licensing is separate from any applicable likeness, trademark or property permissions.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for circa 1953 San Diego motor-club home movies, a number 35 sports coupe and a red Mobiloil service truck.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's rally panorama, numbered roadster and refueling views, then with San Diego footage from circa 1953 and broader postwar motoring scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

San Diego, circa 1953: maroon number 35 coupe beside a red Mobiloil truck, with its front cropped and a dark automobile in the foreground. — The numbered coupe sits beside the service truck while two participants stand or bend behind it.
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A wire-wheeled number 35 sports coupe at the San Diego rally gathering, circa 1953, with a driver at the window and a participant beside the truck. — The coupe's side profile shows its rounded roof, long hood and large white competition number.
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Both wire wheels and the painted number are visible in this broad side view.

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The driver remains inside the maroon number 35 coupe in San Diego, circa 1953, while nearby participants attend to activity behind its rear. — The continuous shot holds on the coupe, driver and surrounding service-area activity.
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