Volmer Yucaipa California USA-1963: Autogyro Taxiing on Grass Airfield

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationVolmer Yucaipa, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Volmer Yucaipa California

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Autogyro Taxiing on Grass Airfield — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1963 captures a small autogyro with registration N2228 taxiing across a grass airfield in Volmer Yucaipa, California. The film exhibits a distinct purple color cast and grainy texture characteristic of home movie footage from the era. The aircraft's tail and wing are shown in close-up before the camera pans to reveal the full plane on the field. The scene evokes a sense of mid-century aviation nostalgia and amateur aviation activity.

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: 122697271

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 1112 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: knotts berry farm,zoo,san diego,mary,park,phillip
Reel-level year note: 1963
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1963 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 1960s documentary or education requests needing brief home-movie aviation footage of a small autogyro on a grass airfield.
Period detail: The 8mm color, aircraft registration marking, grass strip, and small recreational aircraft may show mid-century private aviation activity in Southern California.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an amateur observer's viewpoint, lingering on the tail, wing, and taxiing aircraft without staged action or visible spectators.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the autogyro tail, registration N2228, wing and rotor shapes, grass airfield, distant low buildings, trees, sky, and film frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries a purple color cast, visible grain, soft focus, gate edges, and slight handheld movement typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short aviation insert, regional travel cutaway, memory beat, or transition into a sequence about small aircraft and airfields.
Historical context: The scene suggests recreational or light aviation on a modest grass field, with no visible crowd, ceremony, or identifiable public event in the frames.
Research note: Registration markings are visible and should be reviewed as identifying aircraft information; copyright, aircraft identity, and location claims require separate clearance checks.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1963 8mm autogyro footage, N2228 aircraft on grass airfield, Yucaipa California aviation home movie, and small aircraft taxiing.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1963 Yucaipa or California airfield scenes, then broader small-aircraft and aviation home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 8mm frame from Yucaipa showing the tail section of a small autogyro or aircraft marked N2228 on a grass airfield. — Tail and rear fuselage detail with registration N2228 visible on the grass field.

A small aircraft's tail and rotor area appear against the grass airfield, with distant low structures beyond the field. — Rear section of the aircraft framed against the open grass airfield.

The aircraft moves partly out of frame, leaving a wing edge and landing gear visible against the 1963 grass airfield and cloudy sky. — Partial aircraft view with wing and landing gear near the right edge of frame.

Wide 1963 Yucaipa view of a small autogyro or light aircraft taxiing across grass with trees and sky in the background. — The small aircraft taxis across the grass field in a wider view.

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