Volmer Yucaipa California USA-1959: An Amphibian Homebuilt Aircraft Taxis On A Grass Airfield

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

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An Amphibian Homebuilt Aircraft Taxis On A Grass Airfield — Clip Details

Vintage 1959 home movie footage shows a Volmer amphibian homebuilt aircraft taxiing on a grass airfield in Yucaipa, California. The small, custom-built plane with a distinctive hull and high-wing design moves slowly across the field under an overcast sky. Shot on 8mm film, the clip displays characteristic purple color cast, grain, and soft focus typical of mid-century amateur recordings. The aircraft's registration N2228 is visible on the fuselage as it maneuvers on the grass runway, with trees lining the background. This authentic archival footage captures a rare moment of early private aviation history.

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: 122696684

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: Yes
Minors 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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s aviation, amateur-built aircraft, and small airfield requests needing authentic home-movie material for documentary or educational use.
Period detail: The high-wing amphibian design, grass field setting, and 8mm color stock support a late-1950s private aviation context in Yucaipa, California.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the aircraft taxiing from a distance, giving the scene an unstaged spectator view rather than a formal aviation demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the amphibian aircraft, grass airfield, high wing, hull-shaped fuselage, tail section, distant trees, pale sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The scan carries soft focus, visible grain, purple color shift, mild dust, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the character of 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or cutaway for private aviation, homebuilt aircraft, or mid-century airfield sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually situates small-scale recreational aviation on a grass field, with the aircraft moving slowly across an open rural airfield setting.
Research note: Aircraft registration and possible occupants require review, and copyright, trademark, likeness, and location concerns should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 8mm home movie footage of a Volmer amphibian aircraft taxiing on a grass airfield in Yucaipa, California.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel aviation material, then other Yucaipa or 1959 California airfield footage, then broader homebuilt aircraft or small-plane themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Yucaipa, California home-movie frame showing a Volmer amphibian aircraft moving across a grass airfield under a pale sky. — The amphibian aircraft taxis slowly across the grass field, seen through soft 8mm film grain.

The Volmer amphibian aircraft appears farther across the Yucaipa grass airfield, with trees and a light sky behind it. — The aircraft continues taxiing across the field with its wing, hull, and tail clearly silhouetted.

A closer 1959 home-movie frame shows the amphibian aircraft taxiing on grass, with fuselage markings and the cockpit area visible. — The aircraft passes nearer to the camera, revealing more of the hull, wing supports, and registration markings.

The Volmer amphibian aircraft taxis across the Yucaipa field in a soft 8mm frame with trees and open grass in the background. — The plane continues its slow taxi across the grass airfield beneath a muted sky.

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