Volmer Yucaipa California USA-1959: Old Footage Of Pilot Landing A Prop Plane On

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

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Old Footage Of Pilot Landing A Prop Plane On — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1959 shows a small propeller plane landing on a grassy field in Yucaipa, California. The aircraft, marked 'EXPERIMENTAL' on its side, taxis across the airfield under a hazy sky. A pilot in a white shirt and dark tie, wearing sunglasses, is visible in the cockpit, adjusting controls and preparing for flight. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a purple tint, capturing a nostalgic moment of mid-century aviation. This authentic home movie footage offers a rare glimpse into personal 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: 122696712

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: Helps document 1950s amateur aviation, small airfield activity, and personal flying culture for documentary, education, or period montage use.
Period detail: The clip shows a small propeller aircraft marked experimental, a grass field, and a pilot in shirt and tie, all consistent with the supplied 1959 Yucaipa metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the plane from close range as the pilot sits in the cockpit, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie view of a private aviation moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small prop plane, cockpit glazing, wing struts, grassy airfield, pilot with sunglasses, experimental lettering, and hazy tree line.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, uneven exposure, and a purple-blue color shift that reads as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, period aviation insert, transition into flight activity, or brief memory beat about mid-century recreation.
Historical context: The footage places a small experimental aircraft and its pilot in a casual airfield setting, suggesting personal aviation rather than commercial airline travel.
Research note: A visible pilot face and aircraft lettering may require likeness and identification review; copyright status is separate from any depicted-person or mark concerns.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1959 8mm prop plane, Yucaipa California airfield, experimental aircraft cockpit, and vintage home movie pilot.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 Yucaipa material, then broader small-airfield or amateur aviation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Yucaipa home-movie frame showing a small propeller aircraft on a grassy airfield with soft purple 8mm color shift. — A small propeller aircraft is seen in profile on the grass field.

Close 8mm view of the aircraft cockpit area in Yucaipa, with glazing, wing structure, and experimental lettering visible. — The camera moves closer to the cockpit and aircraft side panel.

1959 home-movie frame showing a pilot in sunglasses and shirt with tie seated inside the small aircraft cockpit. — The pilot is visible through the open cockpit area beside the wing strut.

A pilot sits inside the cockpit of the small experimental aircraft, filmed in soft purple-tinted 8mm footage in Yucaipa. — The pilot remains seated in the cockpit as the camera frames the aircraft side.

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