Volmer Yucaipa California USA-1959: A Small Airplane Glides A Few Feet Over The

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

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A Small Airplane Glides A Few Feet Over The — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1959 showing a small seaplane gliding low over a grassy field in Volmer Yucaipa, California. The aircraft, a classic light plane with pontoons, moves steadily across the frame against a backdrop of bare trees under a purple-tinged sky. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, capturing a nostalgic moment of early aviation recreation. The scene unfolds in natural daylight with a soft, dreamlike quality typical of mid-century amateur film.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122696988

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
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, recreation, and small-airfield editorial requests needing authentic 8mm home-movie footage of a light seaplane moving low over grass.
Period detail: The light aircraft with pontoons, muted color stock, and open grassy airfield setting support the supplied 1959 home-movie context, though no date marker is visible in frame.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an informal spectator viewpoint, holding on the aircraft as it passes across the field rather than presenting a staged aviation demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small pontoon-equipped airplane, grassy field, runway or strip edge, bare trees, hazy sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, purple-blue color shift, soft focus, slight motion blur, and uneven exposure that are part of its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century private aviation, airfield recreation, or home-movie travel sequences.
Historical context: The scene may show recreational light aviation at a local field, emphasizing the aircraft and landscape rather than pilots, passengers, or airport infrastructure.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but aircraft identity, location, and underlying film copyright should still be checked for the intended use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1950s 8mm small seaplane, home movie light aircraft over grass, Yucaipa California aviation footage, and vintage pontoon plane cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 Yucaipa or California material, and finally broader small-aircraft or recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 home-movie frame from Yucaipa, California, showing a small pontoon-equipped airplane moving low across a grassy field. — A small seaplane-like aircraft passes low over grass with bare trees beyond the field.

Pontoon-equipped light aircraft crosses a grassy Yucaipa field in a purple-tinted 1959 8mm home-movie frame. — The aircraft moves steadily across the field, framed by soft focus and visible film borders.

Side view of a small pontoon-equipped airplane moving low over grass in the supplied 1959 Yucaipa home-movie footage. — A side-on view shows the aircraft close to the ground with trees behind it.

Close side view of the pontoon-equipped light aircraft passing across the grassy field in purple-tinted 8mm footage. — The plane fills more of the frame as it continues across the open field.

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