Idaho USA-1955: Western Airlines Plane Taxiing for Takeoff

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationIdaho, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Western Airlines Plane Taxiing for Takeoff — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Idaho, USA, in 1955 shows a Western Airlines DC-3 propeller plane on a snowy airfield. The classic silver aircraft with red and white stripes is seen slowly taxiing toward takeoff, viewed through a chain-link fence. The scene captures a clear winter day with patches of snow on the ground, evoking mid-century American aviation nostalgia. The film exhibits natural grain, slight motion blur, and authentic Super 8 color saturation, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, retro projects, or historical content.

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: 122627671

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: 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1955 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: Idaho, 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: Fills 1950s American regional aviation requests — suitable for documentary sequences on mid-century air travel, airline history, or Western U.S. transportation.
Period detail: Twin-engine propeller aircraft in silver livery with red cheatline and 'WESTERN' markings, chain-link perimeter fencing, and patchy snow on tarmac suggest a mid-1950s small-city airport.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from behind the public perimeter fence by an aviation enthusiast or departing passenger, the framing is informal and personal rather than staged or press-assigned.
What appears in frame: Western Airlines twin-engine propeller aircraft, red-and-white fuselage livery, chain-link fence across foreground, yellow wooden fence posts, snow patches on tarmac, flat open airfield, clear pale-blue sky, motion-blurred propeller blades.
Film character: 8mm color stock renders warm mid-range saturation with visible grain; slight color bleed on the red livery and propeller blur give the footage an authentic period texture.
Edit role: Functions as a static cutaway or interstitial insert in aviation or travel sequences; the fence-framed foreground adds natural depth for a dissolve or match cut.
Historical context: Western Airlines operated propeller aircraft on Western U.S. routes through the mid-1950s; this may document a routine regional departure at a small Idaho airport of that era.
Research note: The 'WESTERN' airline brand name and livery are clearly legible in all frames; verify current trademark status and editorial-use context before commercial licensing.
Research search match: Likely matched by searches for 1950s airline footage, vintage propeller aircraft, regional airport home movie, Western Airlines archive, or mid-century American aviation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Idaho 1955 reel; then with 1950s airport or aviation footage from the American West; then with mid-century transportation themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Western Airlines twin-engine propeller aircraft in red-and-white livery taxiing on a snowy Idaho airfield, circa 1955, shot through a chain-link perimeter fence on 8mm color film. — Western Airlines aircraft taxiing, Idaho airfield, 1955.

Western Airlines twin-engine aircraft advancing along tarmac at an Idaho airfield circa 1955, framed through chain-link fence with snow patches visible on the ground. — Western Airlines aircraft advancing toward runway, 1955.

Western Airlines propeller aircraft taxiing further along a snow-patched Idaho airfield circa 1955, viewed through chain-link fencing with yellow wooden posts prominent in foreground. — Western Airlines aircraft taxiing, fence foreground, 1955.

Western Airlines twin-engine propeller aircraft approaching the runway at an Idaho airfield circa 1955, chain-link fence and yellow posts in foreground, snow visible on the ground. — Western Airlines aircraft near takeoff, Idaho, 1955.

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