Volmer Yucaipa California USA-1963: Small Plane Taking off from Grass Field

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

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Small Plane Taking off from Grass Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1963 showing a small single-engine plane taking off from a grass field in Volmer Yucaipa, California. The clip captures the aircraft accelerating across the field with a distinct blue-purple color cast typical of aged film. Bare trees line the background under a clear sky, and the grainy, slightly blurry quality reflects the era's amateur filmmaking. The plane's propeller spins rapidly as it lifts off, with the camera following its movement. This authentic archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century aviation and personal travel.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: AerialExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122697550

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 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 requests needing small-aircraft activity, rural airfield atmosphere, or personal aviation footage from Southern California.
Period detail: The small single-engine plane, open grass field, bare trees, and 8mm color home-movie texture support a mid-century recreational aviation setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, with the camera tracking a plane across the field as a brief personal record of takeoff.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a light single-engine airplane, spinning propeller, grass field, bare trees, clear sky, dark frame borders, and aged color cast.
Film character: The footage shows grain, soft focus, blue-purple fading, gate edges, and minor surface marks typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short aviation insert, travel-memory beat, rural airfield cutaway, or transition into a 1960s personal-transport sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects small-aircraft use in an open field setting without visible crowds, signage, or identifiable facilities in the sampled frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible in these frames, but copyright, aircraft identification, location, and property context should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1963 8mm home movie plane takeoff, small aircraft grass field, Yucaipa California aviation footage, and vintage private airplane footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1963 Volmer Yucaipa material, then related 1960s home-movie aviation or transportation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 8mm frame from Volmer Yucaipa showing a small single-engine plane beginning its takeoff run on a grass field. — A small plane rolls across the grass field at the start of takeoff.

The plane continues across the Volmer Yucaipa grass field, seen through soft blue-purple 8mm film color. — The aircraft accelerates across the open field with trees in the background.

A closer 1963 home-movie view shows the single-engine plane moving across the grassy airfield area. — The camera follows the plane as it passes closer across the field.

The plane appears near the end of its takeoff pass in the 1963 Volmer Yucaipa home-movie frame. — The aircraft moves toward the edge of the frame during the takeoff sequence.

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