San Diego California-1953: Man Holds a Fuel Nozzle at a Roadster Beside a Mobil Truck

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration7s
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

recreational motoring
vehicle servicing
rally participation
petroleum branding
informal interaction
postwar leisure

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · Approximately eye level, looking across the roadster toward the participants and truck.
Setting: outdoor · Vehicle gathering beside a large branded service truck.
Time and weather: daytime · undetermined · Dry conditions with apparent sunshine.
Lighting: Strong natural daylight with deep shadows beneath the truck and hat brims.
People: 5 · Five visible or partially visible participants, apparently adults, including a uniformed man, a striped-cap nozzle holder, a foreground man in a light shirt, a seated person in a floral shirt and sun hat, and a cropped person at the left edge.
Vehicles: partially visible open roadster · red Mobil truck
Objects: fuel nozzle · circular filler opening · curved car bonnet · red fender · striped cap · dark cap · peaked uniform cap · broad-brimmed hat · sunglasses · round pink badge · truck fittings
Readable signs: Mobil
Colors: red · cream · tan · pale blue · dark blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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A striped-cap participant holds a fuel nozzle at the roadster beside the red truck.
The uniformed man lifts both hands toward his cap.
The foreground participant extends an open hand while facing the nozzle holder.
The group remains around the car with the nozzle still positioned at the opening.

Man Holds a Fuel Nozzle at a Roadster Beside a Mobil Truck — Clip Details

San Diego, California, circa 1953 home movie footage shows participants gathered around a roadster beside a red Mobil truck. A man in a striped cap holds a fuel nozzle at an opening on the car while a foreground participant gestures. A uniformed man watches, and a seated participant wears sunglasses and a broad-brimmed hat. One continuous handheld medium view records the activity, with large white lettering behind the group.

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: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004897

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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

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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 circa 1953 motoring scene supports documentary requests for sports-car rally servicing and informal participant activity in California.
Period detail: The peaked uniform cap, tucked shirts, broad-brimmed sun hat, roadster bodywork and large Mobil lettering provide visible period detail.
Home-movie behavior: Participants adjust a cap, gesture and wait around the car while the amateur camera stays close to the activity.
What appears in frame: The view contains a curved roadster bonnet, a fuel nozzle, a red truck, white Mobil lettering, a uniformed man and a seated participant in a floral shirt.
Film character: Saturated red paint, visible grain, soft edges, deep shadows and slight handheld drift retain the texture of the projected-film capture.
Edit role: Use this as a service insert or participant cutaway within a wider motoring rally sequence.
Historical context: The scene records the practical servicing and casual social interaction accompanying the section's sports-car gathering.
Research note: Recognizable faces, Mobil branding and privately owned vehicles are visible; footage copyright does not establish likeness, trademark or property permissions.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for circa 1953 California roadster refueling, Mobil service trucks and silent color motoring home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's MG rally panorama and Numbered rally roadster, then San Diego footage from circa 1953, followed by other period refueling scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

San Diego, circa 1953: a striped-cap participant holds a fuel nozzle at a roadster beside a red Mobil truck and a uniformed man. — The nozzle holder reaches across the roadster as participants gather beside the truck.
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San Diego, circa 1953: a foreground participant gestures beside the roadster as the uniformed man watches and the fuel nozzle remains in position. — An open-hand gesture accompanies the refueling activity beside the red truck.
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San Diego, circa 1953: a uniformed man waits behind the roadster, with a floral-shirted participant seated at left and the nozzle holder at right. — Participants wait around the car beneath the truck's large white lettering.
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San Diego, circa 1953: a dark-capped participant fills the foreground while a nozzle rests at the roadster's opening and a uniformed man stands behind. — The group remains in place around the roadster near the end of the continuous shot.
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