Volmer Yucaipa California USA-1959: Small Airplane Taking Off From Grass Field

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

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Small Airplane Taking Off From Grass Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1959 showing a small single-engine aircraft, registration N2228, parked on a grassy airfield in Volmer Yucaipa, California. The film exhibits a distinct purple color cast and grainy texture typical of Super 8 film. The aircraft, a low-wing monoplane with a distinctive bubble canopy, is shown from multiple angles before taking off and flying away into the distance. The scene captures a moment of early aviation history with a nostalgic, amateur home movie aesthetic.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
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: 122696970

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 for 1950s aviation, small-airfield, and amateur home-movie sequences needing a brief aircraft takeoff insert or period transportation cutaway.
Period detail: The small aircraft, grass field, distant low buildings, and 8mm home-movie handling support a late-1950s small-airfield setting, consistent with the supplied 1959 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged observer viewpoint, watching the aircraft on the field and then following it as it moves away into the open landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small single-engine airplane, registration markings, grass runway area, distant buildings, bare trees, open sky, and dark film frame edges.
Film character: The clip shows pronounced grain, purple color shift, soft focus, gate edges, and handheld framing that read as physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short aviation insert, travel-memory beat, rural airfield cutaway, or transition from ground preparation to departure.
Historical context: The scene visually places private or small-airfield aviation within a rural California landscape, without enough evidence to identify the airport or aircraft model from the frames alone.
Research note: Aircraft registration and visible markings may require identification review; copyright, trademark, property, and aviation-record questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1959 8mm small airplane takeoff, California grass airfield home movie, vintage private aircraft footage, and rural aviation archive clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Yucaipa-area 1959 material, and then with broader 1950s aviation or rural transportation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Yucaipa-area home-movie frame showing a small single-engine aircraft on grass with its registration marking visible. — A small aircraft sits on a grass field before departure.

Side view of the small aircraft on a grassy airfield in the supplied 1959 Yucaipa, California clip. — The aircraft is shown from the side on the grass airfield.

The airplane appears farther across the grass field, framed by trees and open sky in the 1959 home-movie footage. — The aircraft moves or is seen farther out across the field.

Final distant view of the small aircraft across the grassy field, with trees and sky dominating the frame. — The airplane recedes into the distance across the open field.

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