Volmer Yucaipa California USA-1963: Old Home Movie Of Dad Taking Off In His Amphibious Plane

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

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Old Home Movie Of Dad Taking Off In His Amphibious Plane — Clip Details

Vintage 1963 8mm home movie footage of a unique amphibious aircraft, the Volmer Yucaipa, on a grassy airfield. The plane, marked with registration N2228, features a distinctive high-wing design with a pontoon-style hull and a prominent radome on top. The film shows the aircraft stationary and then taxiing across the field under overcast skies, with a purple color cast typical of aged film. The grainy texture and slight motion blur capture the authentic feel of a personal family recording from the early 1960s.

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: 122697480

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: Yes
Minors 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: 1960s home-movie aviation footage suited to documentary requests for experimental amphibious aircraft, small airfields, or family-shot private flying scenes.
Period detail: The 8mm footage may show early-1960s light-aircraft design details, including a high wing, hull-like lower body, exposed struts, and registration marking N2228.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from a family or visitor vantage point as the amphibious plane sits and taxis on grass, giving the scene an unstaged personal-record quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the amphibious aircraft, high wing, tail and registration marking, grass airfield, distant low buildings, bare trees, and overcast sky.
Film character: The clip has purple color shift, soft focus, visible grain, mild gate weave, and handheld framing consistent with aged 8mm home-movie scanning.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short aviation insert, a home-movie memory beat, or a transition into stories about private aircraft, airfields, or experimental design.
Historical context: The footage places a distinctive small amphibious aircraft in an everyday grass-field setting, emphasizing personal aviation rather than a formal airshow or news event.
Research note: Registration markings and possible people are visible, so copyright, aircraft identification, likeness, and any trademark or property concerns should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1960s 8mm home movie amphibious plane, Volmer Yucaipa aircraft, vintage grass airfield, and private aviation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1963 California aviation material, then with broader home-movie clips of small aircraft and airfield activity.

Still Frames From This Clip

The amphibious aircraft rests on grass, with its high wing, hull-like body, and tail marking visible.

1963 8mm frame of the Volmer Yucaipa amphibious aircraft on a grass field, with a person faintly visible near the cockpit. — The aircraft remains on the field, with its wing struts, hull form, and a small human figure near the cockpit area.

Front-quarter 1963 home-movie view of the Volmer Yucaipa amphibious aircraft on a California grass airfield. — A front-quarter angle emphasizes the broad wing, central hull, landing gear, and open grass field.

1963 8mm frame showing the Volmer Yucaipa amphibious aircraft nearly head-on at a grassy California airfield. — The plane is framed nearly head-on, showing the hull, wing span, cockpit area, and soft purple film cast.

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