Volmer Yucaipa California USA-1959: Seaplane Taking Off And Landing On Lake

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

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Seaplane Taking Off And Landing On Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1959 showing a small seaplane taking off and landing on a calm lake in Volmer Yucaipa, California. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, a distinct purple color cast, and natural film imperfections including scratches and dust. The aircraft creates gentle ripples as it moves across the water, with a distant treeline visible under a hazy sky. This authentic archival clip captures a moment of mid-century recreational aviation and leisure, ideal for historical or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122696472

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: Useful for 1950s archival requests needing a brief home-movie insert of recreational seaplane activity on a California lake.
Period detail: The small seaplane, 8mm color stock, soft exposure, and lakeside leisure setting support the supplied 1959 home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a bystander filming a small aircraft moving across calm water from shore or another fixed vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small seaplane, broad lake surface, wake ripples, hazy sky, distant treeline, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, purple color shift, soft focus, gate edges, scratches, and dust that mark it as scanned physical film.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century leisure, aviation, lake recreation, or travel sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents small-scale recreational aviation on a quiet lake, with no visible crowds, buildings, signage, or identifiable people in frame.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and aircraft or location identification should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches for 1959 8mm seaplane lake footage, California home movie aviation, vintage floatplane takeoff landing, or mid-century lake recreation may match.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1959 Yucaipa or California lake material, then broader vintage aviation and water leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 8mm frame from Yucaipa, California, showing a small seaplane low on the lake surface with ripples spreading behind it. — A small seaplane skims across the lake surface, leaving a spreading wake.

Distant view of a small seaplane on a calm Yucaipa lake, with a hazy treeline and visible 8mm scratches in the frame. — The seaplane appears farther out on the lake beneath a hazy treeline.

Small seaplane viewed from behind on pale lake water in the supplied 1959 Yucaipa home-movie footage, with trees beyond the shoreline. — The aircraft is centered on the water with the distant shoreline behind it.

1959 8mm lake scene with a small seaplane centered on the water, faint wake marks, a distant treeline, and a purple color cast. — The seaplane remains centered on the lake as faint ripples trail across the water.

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