Volmer Yucaipa California USA-1959: Unique Small Single Engine Airplane N2228 on Grass Field

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

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Unique Small Single Engine Airplane N2228 on Grass Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1959 in Volmer Yucaipa, California, showing a unique small single-engine airplane on a grassy airfield. The aircraft, marked with registration N2228, features a distinctive high-wing design with a prominent nose-mounted engine and tricycle landing gear. Filmed in classic Super 8 style with a strong purple color cast and visible film grain, the clip captures the plane from multiple angles on a mowed grassy field under overcast skies. The footage has a nostalgic, archival quality typical of mid-century amateur aviation recordings.

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: 122696955

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: 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful 1950s aviation home-movie footage for editorial sequences needing a small experimental-looking airplane on a rural California grass field.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, tricycle landing gear, registration marking, and simple grass airfield setting support a late-1950s amateur aviation context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the aircraft from nearby as a home-movie record of a distinctive plane rather than a staged aviation demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a high-wing small airplane, registration N2228, nose-mounted engine housing, tail section, landing gear, mowed grass, distant low buildings, and overcast sky.
Film character: The scan has pronounced grain, soft focus, gate edges, handheld framing, and a purple color cast consistent with aged 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief aviation insert, rural airfield cutaway, or memory beat within mid-century transportation or hobby flying sequences.
Historical context: The clip may show local private or hobby aviation culture through a close view of a distinctive small aircraft parked on grass.
Research note: Registration N2228 and aircraft design may require identification review; visible markings raise rights and factual-clearance questions separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Searches for 1950s 8mm airplane footage, small single-engine aircraft on grass field, Yucaipa aviation home movie, or N2228 aircraft footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1959 Yucaipa or Southern California footage, then related small-aircraft, airfield, and mid-century transportation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Yucaipa-area 8mm frame showing a small high-wing airplane on a grassy field, cropped close along the wing and landing gear. — Close view of the small aircraft wing, landing gear, and nose area on a grass field.

1959 Yucaipa-area frame of the small aircraft's tail, wing, and wheel, with part of the N2228 registration visible. — The aircraft tail and rear fuselage show part of the registration marking beside the wing.

1959 Yucaipa-area 8mm frame showing the small aircraft in side view, with registration N2228 visible on the fuselage. — Side view of the distinctive small airplane parked on grass with N2228 visible.

1959 Yucaipa-area frame showing the small airplane marked N2228 from the side on a mowed grass field. — The plane sits on the grass field with its wing, tail, and registration marking in view.

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