Daffodil Hill California USA-1985: A Couple Stroll Through Blooming Daffodils

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Year1985
Decade1980s
LocationDaffodil Hill, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1985 Daffodil Hill California

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A Couple Stroll Through Blooming Daffodils — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1985, this vintage home movie captures a serene spring day at Daffodil Hill in California. Two figures, a man and a woman, stroll through a sun-dappled meadow blanketed with yellow daffodils, framed by bare tree branches. The woman in a light coat gestures toward the flowers as they walk along a dirt path, their figures slightly blurred by the film's natural grain and soft focus. The scene evokes quiet nostalgia and the simple joy of a shared moment in nature, with dappled sunlight filtering through the trees and a rustic structure visible in the background.

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: 123036822

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1554 · Super 8 · 3″ reel
Original reel label: uss mcluskey navy base
Reel-level year note: 1985
Reel-level location note: san diego california
Date: 1985 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: Daffodil Hill, 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 1980s archival requests needing visitor-shot California spring garden footage, home-movie nature b-roll, or a quiet couple walking among daffodils.
Period detail: The 8mm look, soft focus, clothing silhouettes, and metadata-supported 1985 date place the scene in a mid-1980s home-movie record of Daffodil Hill.
Home-movie behavior: Two adult visitors appear to walk casually through the flowers, with gestures and pacing that feel unstaged and observed from a distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a daffodil-covered meadow, bare tree branches, dirt paths, two adult figures, distant visitors, grass, shadows, and a rustic structure near the edge.
Film character: The clip has a scanned 8mm texture with visible grain, soft detail, exposure shifts, slight blur, and handheld framing that support its home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief springtime insert, memory beat, travel cutaway, or transition into a family visit or California landscape sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents leisure walking in a flowering public or garden-like setting, with people seen at a distance rather than posed for the camera.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are indicated, and copyright clearance remains separate from appearance concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1985 8mm Daffodil Hill California footage, vintage home movie of daffodils, couple walking in spring flowers, and archival garden b-roll.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1985 Daffodil Hill material, then broader vintage spring flower and garden visit footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Daffodil Hill in 1985, two adult visitors move through a sunlit daffodil meadow framed by bare branches and a small rustic structure. — Two visitors walk through a daffodil-covered area beneath leafless trees.

A distant adult pair at Daffodil Hill appears among blooming daffodils, partly framed by tree branches and a dark foreground trunk. — A pair of visitors passes through the flowering meadow area.

A wider 1985 view of Daffodil Hill shows visitors spaced across a grassy slope, daffodil patches, paths, and leafless trees. — Distant visitors are scattered across the garden-like slope and paths.

The clip ends on a wide Daffodil Hill view with two adults near the lower path and additional visitors dispersed among trees and flowers. — A wide shot shows foreground visitors and others moving through the daffodil grounds.

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