Daffodil Hill California USA-1985: Beautiful Daffodils Blooming in Front of a Tree

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

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Beautiful Daffodils Blooming in Front of a Tree — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1985, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched patch of daffodils blooming in front of a tree trunk. The yellow flowers stand out against lush green foliage and dappled forest floor, with the camera slowly zooming in to highlight their delicate petals. The footage features natural film grain and warm, slightly faded colors characteristic of Super 8 home movies, evoking a sense of peaceful springtime nostalgia. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring nature and 1980s Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123037366

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 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: 1980s 8mm nature footage for productions needing a quiet spring cutaway, seasonal insert, or archival home-movie view of California daffodils.
Period detail: The soft color, close framing, and 8mm film texture support a 1985 home-movie context, while the visible scene itself is mainly flowers, tree bark, and woodland ground.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers and slowly moves closer, reflecting an unstaged visitor perspective focused on the daffodils rather than a formal botanical record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include yellow daffodil blooms, long green leaves, a dark tree trunk, dappled soil, background foliage, and soft film-frame edges.
Film character: The clip shows visible grain, gentle softness, warm faded color, and slight exposure variation typical of small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a springtime insert, a calm nature transition, or a memory beat between family, travel, or landscape scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers a domestic travel or leisure view of flowering plants in California, without visible people, signage, or event-specific context.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible, but copyright, location access, and any property-related context should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1985 8mm daffodils, Daffodil Hill California flowers, vintage home movie spring blooms, and 1980s garden cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1985 Daffodil Hill material, then broader vintage spring flowers or California nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1985 8mm frame from Daffodil Hill, California, showing yellow daffodils in front of a tree trunk and green leaves. — Daffodils bloom at the base of a tree, with green leaves and dappled ground behind them.

1985 8mm frame at Daffodil Hill with yellow daffodil blossoms clustered near a dark tree trunk and soft greenery. — A closer composition centers the daffodil blossoms against bark and blurred green foliage.

Close 1985 8mm view of a yellow daffodil at Daffodil Hill, California, surrounded by soft green leaves. — The camera moves in on a single daffodil bloom, with the surrounding leaves falling softly out of focus.

Tight 1985 8mm close-up of a yellow daffodil bloom at Daffodil Hill with green leaves and soft focus. — A tight close-up isolates one yellow daffodil against green leaves and muted background tones.

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