San Diego California USA-1949: Tranquil Backyard With Lemon Trees and Hedges

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

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Tranquil Backyard With Lemon Trees and Hedges — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1949 showing a tranquil suburban backyard in San Diego, California. The view is framed through a window, focusing on lush green hedges and a vibrant lemon tree heavy with ripe fruit. Sunlight dapples through the leaves, creating a warm, nostalgic glow. A weathered wooden fence lines the background, with other leafy trees and shrubbery completing the peaceful garden scene. The film exhibits natural grain and slight color fading characteristic of mid-century amateur footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122720046

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s Southern California domestic-life requests needing a quiet exterior garden cutaway or suburban backyard atmosphere.
Period detail: The clipped hedges, wooden fence, fruiting citrus tree, and window-framed view may show a mid-century residential garden setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on an ordinary backyard view, preserving the unstaged attention a home-movie maker gave to house, garden, and light.
What appears in frame: Visible details include lemon trees, dense hedges, a wooden fence, leafy shrubs, red flowers, window framing, and bright garden sunlight.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, color fading, high-contrast sunlight, and slight frame instability consistent with amateur home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, domestic cutaway, scene-setter, or transition into postwar suburban home life.
Historical context: The scene suggests everyday residential gardening in San Diego without showing people, street life, landmarks, or identifiable public events.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright status and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1949 San Diego backyard, 1940s California garden, 8mm lemon tree footage, and vintage home movie hedges.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then San Diego 1949 exteriors, then other mid-century backyard or garden footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 San Diego home-movie frame showing a backyard garden through a window, with hedges, leafy shrubs, and citrus trees. — Window-framed view of a sunlit backyard with hedges and citrus trees.

1949 San Diego backyard view with bright foliage, fruiting citrus branches, hedges, and a fence behind the garden. — Citrus branches and clipped hedges fill the backyard view.

1949 San Diego home-movie frame of a quiet backyard with hedges, citrus trees, red flowers, and a fence in the background. — A still backyard garden with citrus trees, hedges, and small red flowers.

1949 San Diego backyard garden frame showing citrus trees, dense hedges, shrubs, and a fence in strong daylight. — Dense garden foliage and citrus trees stand behind a clipped hedge.

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