Volmer Yucaipa California USA-1959: Vintage Biplane on Grass Airfield

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

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Vintage Biplane on Grass Airfield — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1959 showing a white biplane with red stripes parked on a grassy airfield in Yucaipa, California. The aircraft, a classic open-cockpit biplane, remains stationary across the five frames, with its propeller and dual wings clearly visible under a purple-tinted sky. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color fading, and edge damage, capturing a nostalgic moment of mid-century aviation. The scene evokes a sense of quiet anticipation, with no visible crew or movement, preserving a slice of Americana from the late 1950s.

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: 122697013

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s 8mm aviation footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing a small biplane on a California grass airfield.
Period detail: The open-cockpit biplane, grass field, and home-movie color stock support a late-1950s small-airfield setting in Yucaipa, California.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the aircraft from a casual home-movie distance, valuing the parked plane as a family or local aviation moment rather than a staged display.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white biplane with red striping, exposed landing gear, dual wings, grass field, runway edge, distant trees, and purple-shifted sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, color fading toward purple, rounded frame edges, and slight exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an aviation insert, nostalgic transition, grass-airfield cutaway, or quiet memory beat before or after flight-related material.
Historical context: The clip visually places light aircraft recreation or display within a mid-century Southern California local airfield setting without identifying a specific event.
Research note: No logos are visible, but rights review should still consider copyright in the footage and any likeness concerns because people are flagged in clip metadata.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s 8mm biplane footage, Yucaipa California airfield home movie, vintage grass runway aircraft, and open-cockpit biplane on field.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 Yucaipa material, then broader vintage aviation or small-airfield home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Yucaipa home-movie frame showing a white red-striped biplane on a grass airfield with distant trees. — Side view of the biplane parked on the grass airfield.

The red-striped biplane remains parked on the Yucaipa grass field, seen from a slightly rearward side angle. — Rear-side view of the stationary biplane on grass.

Rear view of the vintage biplane on the Yucaipa airfield, with its wings extending across the purple-tinted frame. — The biplane viewed from behind on the grass field.

A centered rear angle shows the white biplane parked under its upper wing at the 1959 Yucaipa airfield. — Centered rear view of the parked biplane beneath the upper wing.

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