Daffodil Hill California USA-1985: Yellow Daffodil in Bloom Amid Green Grass

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

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Yellow Daffodil in Bloom Amid Green Grass — Clip Details

A close-up shot of a vibrant yellow daffodil in full bloom, surrounded by lush green grass and foliage. Shot on 8mm film in 1985, this vintage home movie clip captures the delicate petals and bright orange center of the flower with natural film grain and soft focus. The camera remains steady, emphasizing the flower's gentle presence in a quiet garden setting. This nostalgic footage evokes a sense of calm and seasonal beauty, perfect for nature documentaries, editorial content, or vintage-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123037507

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 editors needing a quiet California spring flower cutaway, seasonal insert, or vintage garden detail.
Period detail: The soft 8mm color, shallow focus, and close garden framing support the 1985 home-movie context, with no visible modern objects to further date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects an unstaged home-movie habit of pausing on a single bloom and preserving a small seasonal detail from a garden visit.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow daffodil bloom, orange trumpet center, green leaves, grasslike stems, shaded soil or ground, soft focus, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage has natural 8mm grain, gentle exposure bloom on pale petals, soft focus, and slight frame variation that give it physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a spring insert, quiet transition, nature cutaway, or memory beat within a broader home-movie or California travel sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a close observation of ornamental spring flowers at Daffodil Hill, emphasizing garden color and leisure rather than a public event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are visible or flagged, but copyright and any location or property permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1985 8mm daffodil footage, Daffodil Hill California flower close-up, vintage home movie spring garden, and yellow daffodil bloom.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1985 Daffodil Hill material, then with related vintage spring flowers, gardens, and California nature clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close 1985 8mm view of a yellow daffodil at Daffodil Hill, California, framed by green leaves and soft garden shadows. — A yellow daffodil fills the frame amid green garden foliage.

Yellow daffodil in soft-focus 8mm footage, with green leaves and shaded ground visible at Daffodil Hill, California. — The daffodil remains centered while surrounding leaves blur into the background.

A close 8mm frame of a yellow daffodil at Daffodil Hill, California, with pale petals, orange center, and surrounding foliage. — A close garden view shows the daffodil against green stems and shadowed ground.

Final 1985 8mm frame of a yellow daffodil at Daffodil Hill, California, showing soft focus, green foliage, and small film marks. — The closing frame holds on the daffodil, with film texture visible over the petals.

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