Volmer Yucaipa California USA-1959: Propeller Plane Taking off over Grassy Airfield

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationVolmer Yucaipa, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Propeller Plane Taking off over Grassy Airfield — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1959 showing a small propeller plane taking off from a rural airfield in Volmer Yucaipa, California. The clip captures the aircraft's slow ascent over grassy fields with hangars and trees in the background under a hazy sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and a purple tint characteristic of mid-century amateur footage. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century aviation and rural American life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Slow motion
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122695953

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 1084 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: philip 15 mos,santa anita,vegas,arizona,new mexico
Reel-level year note: 1958-1959
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1959 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: Volmer Yucaipa, 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: Serves documentary and educational productions needing authentic 1950s general aviation footage, particularly rural American small-airfield scenes with no staging.
Period detail: Low elongated hangar buildings and a light single-engine aircraft style are consistent with late-1950s general aviation; pervasive purple dye-fading confirms aged mid-century 8mm color film.
Home-movie behavior: Shot by an amateur from field level holding a steady wide frame as the plane lifts off, providing an unscripted bystander record of a routine rural airfield departure.
What appears in frame: Single-engine propeller aircraft in slow ascent, flat grassy airfield, low elongated hangar buildings, sparse deciduous treeline, hazy overcast sky, and heavy purple dye-fading across all frames.
Film character: Pronounced purple dye-fading, medium-to-heavy grain, and a stable wide frame give the footage the unmistakable texture of aged 8mm color reversal stock from the late 1950s.
Edit role: Best used as a cutaway or transitional insert in aviation history segments, postwar Americana sequences, or nostalgia-driven documentary passages requiring authentic small-airfield imagery.
Historical context: Small general-aviation fields expanded across rural Southern California in the postwar decade; this footage may reflect growing private flying as a middle-class leisure activity circa 1959.
Research note: No identifiable individuals or branded markings are visible; the airfield structures may constitute private property, so verify current ownership status before commercial broadcast use.
Research search match: Likely found by queries such as '1950s small plane takeoff', 'vintage general aviation California 8mm', 'postwar private aircraft rural USA', or 'amateur airfield home movie 1959'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Volmer/Yucaipa 1959 reel, then with late-1950s Southern California airfield footage, then with amateur aviation or rural Americana from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

Wide view of a rural California airfield showing low elongated hangars and a sparse treeline, captured on 8mm color film circa 1959 with strong purple dye-fading. — Airfield at rest, hangars and treeline before takeoff, 1959.

Small propeller aircraft at the moment of liftoff from a rural airfield in the Yucaipa area, California, circa 1959, with hangars and treeline visible on 8mm home movie film. — Small plane at liftoff above the grass strip, 1959.

Light propeller aircraft climbing slowly above the grass strip and hangars of a rural California airfield, circa 1959, captured on aged 8mm home movie film. — Plane climbs slowly above the rural airfield treeline, 1959.

Light aircraft continuing its slow climb and receding over the rural Yucaipa-area airfield, with hangars and treeline below, on 8mm home movie film circa 1959. — Aircraft recedes into the hazy sky above the airfield, 1959.

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