Volmer Yucaipa California USA-1959: Airplane Propeller Starting on Field

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

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Airplane Propeller Starting on Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1959 showing a unique amphibious aircraft with a distinctive nose-mounted propeller on a grassy field. The plane, featuring a sleek silver fuselage and a visible cockpit, sits on a rural airfield with trees in the background under a clear sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and a blue-purple color cast typical of 1950s home movies. The propeller begins to spin, indicating engine ignition, capturing a moment of mid-century aviation enthusiasm. This archival clip offers authentic retro footage for historical, documentary, or nostalgic 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: 122696824

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: Supports 1950s aviation, home-movie, and small-airfield research needing a brief propeller-starting shot of an amphibious aircraft in California.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, rounded aircraft styling, open grassy field, and metadata date point to a late-1950s private aviation scene.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds close on the plane as the propeller begins to turn, preserving a casual enthusiast's view rather than a staged aviation film.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a silver amphibious aircraft, nose propeller, cockpit canopy, wing struts, grassy field, distant trees, and partial aircraft lettering.
Film character: Blue-purple color shift, soft focus, gate edges, and fine 8mm grain give the shot a scanned home-movie texture from original film.
Edit role: An editor can use this as a short insert or cutaway for engine start-up, mid-century flight preparation, or a memory beat about private aviation.
Historical context: The clip visually places small aircraft activity in a rural California field setting, reflecting postwar recreational aviation without identifying a specific operator.
Research note: Partial aircraft markings and metadata flags for people and logos warrant rights review; copyright, likeness, trademark, and property issues should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1959 8mm airplane propeller start, amphibious aircraft home movie, Yucaipa California airfield, and vintage private aviation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1959 Yucaipa or California airfield footage, then broader 1950s aviation and transportation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Yucaipa, California 8mm frame showing a silver amphibious aircraft parked on grass with its nose propeller still visible. — Amphibious aircraft sits on a field before the propeller starts turning.

1959 Yucaipa home-movie frame showing the amphibious aircraft from the side as the propeller starts to spin. — The aircraft remains parked while the nose propeller begins moving.

1959 Yucaipa 8mm frame with the aircraft side-on, propeller motion blur, cockpit canopy, wing struts, and distant trees. — Propeller motion becomes more visible as the aircraft stays in place.

1959 Yucaipa frame showing the amphibious aircraft with its nose propeller spinning rapidly against a rural field backdrop. — The propeller spins rapidly at the end of the short field-side shot.

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