San Diego California USA-1949: Mid-Century Modern House With Tropical Plants

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1949 California

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Mid-Century Modern House With Tropical Plants — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1949 in San Diego, California, showing a mid-century modern house with wood paneling and brick accents. The camera pans across the exterior, capturing large tropical plants like banana trees in the foreground and lush greenery surrounding the home. The warm, slightly faded color palette and film grain are characteristic of 8mm home movies from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse into post-war domestic life and suburban architecture.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122719996

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 1660 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1949
Reel-level location note: del mar, california,chicago
Date: 1949 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: San Diego, 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: Supports requests for 1940s Southern California domestic architecture, postwar home exteriors, or atmospheric residential cutaways for documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The visible wood siding, brick base, screened windows, and tropical planting may show mid-century residential design in a warm San Diego climate.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the house from an informal outdoor vantage, giving the clip the feel of a family or visitor documenting a residence rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wood-and-brick house exterior, glass door, screened windows, porch posts, banana-like leaves, dense garden foliage, and partial yard views.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fade, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic establishing insert, architectural cutaway, memory beat, or transition into postwar California suburban life.
Historical context: The clip visually connects domestic architecture with lush garden planting, suggesting everyday residential life in San Diego without identifying occupants or address.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are visible or indicated, but the residence may require property and copyright review depending on use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1949 San Diego home movie, 8mm mid-century house exterior, California residential architecture, and tropical garden home footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1949 San Diego material, then with mid-century homes, gardens, and postwar domestic exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 San Diego home-movie frame showing a wood-and-brick house exterior with glass door, windows, and surrounding greenery. — A residential exterior is framed through garden foliage, with wood siding, brick accents, and a glass door visible.

1949 San Diego frame showing the side of a wood house with porch posts, screened windows, and banana-like leaves in the foreground. — The camera view shifts along the side of the house, with tropical leaves and shaded porch details in front.

1949 San Diego home-movie view of a house side with brick accents, wood posts, screened windows, and tropical planting. — Large leaves fill the foreground while the camera faces the screened windows and brick base of the residence.

1949 San Diego frame with banana-like leaves foregrounding a wood-and-brick house exterior, screened windows, and porch posts. — The final view holds on the planted side yard and house exterior, emphasizing foliage against the mid-century residence.

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