Volmer Yucaipa California USA-1963: Amphibious Plane Moving Across Open Field

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

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Amphibious Plane Moving Across Open Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1963 showing a small amphibious aircraft, likely a Volmer, moving across a grassy field in Yucca Valley, California. The clip captures the plane in motion under a purple-tinted sky, with bare trees in the background and the aircraft's propeller spinning. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color distortion, and a slightly shaky handheld camera movement, evoking a nostalgic mid-century aviation hobbyist 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: 122697436

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 aviation, hobby aircraft, and California home-movie requests needing a brief exterior shot of a small amphibious plane moving on grass.
Period detail: The 8mm look, small propeller aircraft, open field, and 1963 metadata support a mid-century private aviation or experimental aircraft scene.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld framing suggests an onlooker recording the aircraft as it taxis or rolls past rather than a staged aviation demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small amphibious plane, spinning propeller, grassy field, bare trees, pale sky, dark film borders, and contact-sheet frame divisions.
Film character: The clip has purple color shift, soft focus, visible grain, gate shadows, and slight handheld instability consistent with aged 8mm home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for mid-century aviation, amateur engineering, or home-movie travel sequences.
Historical context: The scene may show private recreational aviation culture in Southern California, with the aircraft observed in an open field setting rather than an airport terminal view.
Research note: No people are visible, but aircraft markings or maker identity should be reviewed separately from copyright, likeness, and property considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1963 8mm amphibious plane footage, Volmer aircraft home movie, small plane on grass field, and vintage California aviation clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1963 Yucaipa or Yucca Valley material, then broader small-aircraft and aviation hobby footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 8mm frame showing a small amphibious aircraft moving across grass in California, with a soft purple color cast. — A small amphibious plane appears at a distance on an open grassy field.

Side view of a small amphibious aircraft rolling across a field in 1963 home-movie footage, with trees beyond the field. — The aircraft passes side-on across the field, with its propeller area visible.

Closer 8mm view of the amphibious aircraft on the field, showing its raised engine pod and boat-like fuselage. — A closer frame shows the plane's raised engine pod and amphibious hull form.

The small amphibious aircraft fills more of the frame as it moves across the grass, with purple-tinted 8mm film color. — The aircraft moves closer across the field, its hull and wing profile clearly visible.

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