Daffodil Hill California USA-1985: Yellow Daffodils Blooming Near Tree

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

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Yellow Daffodils Blooming Near Tree — Clip Details

A vibrant cluster of yellow daffodils blooms in the spring sunlight, their delicate petals and green stems swaying gently near a textured tree trunk. Shot on 8mm film in 1985, this home movie footage captures the natural beauty of a garden scene with rich color saturation and authentic film grain. The handheld camera moves slightly, offering intimate close-ups of the blossoms against a soft, earthy background. This nostalgic clip evokes a sense of quiet serenity and timeless charm, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or vintage-themed projects.

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: 123037706

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: Supports requests for 1980s California home-movie nature footage for documentary inserts, seasonal cutaways, garden sequences, or archival memory beats.
Period detail: The frames show close daffodil views on 8mm film; visible era clues are mainly the color stock, grain, and handheld home-movie framing rather than datable objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor or family-camera perspective, lingering on spring flowers with small handheld shifts rather than formal botanical coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include yellow daffodil blossoms, green stems and leaves, a textured tree trunk, soil, soft background foliage, and dark contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character: The footage has saturated 8mm color, visible grain, slight softness, uneven exposure, and handheld micro-movement that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a spring insert, nature cutaway, gentle transition, or reflective memory beat within a broader 1980s California sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a quiet garden visit or outdoor seasonal scene at Daffodil Hill, with attention on flowers rather than people, signage, or built surroundings.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or audible music are indicated, but users should still assess copyright, location permissions, and any property context for their use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1985 8mm daffodils, Daffodil Hill California flowers, vintage home movie spring garden, and yellow blossoms near tree.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1985 Daffodil Hill material, then broader 1980s California spring flower or garden footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1985 8mm home-movie frame from Daffodil Hill, California, showing yellow daffodils clustered near a tree trunk. — Yellow daffodils bloom close to a tree trunk in the opening view.

Close 8mm frame of yellow daffodils at Daffodil Hill, California, with green leaves and a textured tree behind them. — A tighter view centers the daffodil cluster against the tree and ground.

1985 Daffodil Hill home-movie frame with large yellow daffodils filling the foreground in soft 8mm focus. — Large foreground daffodils fill the lower-left frame with soft garden detail behind.

Final 8mm frame from the clip showing close yellow daffodils at Daffodil Hill, California, with stems and soft background foliage. — The final frame holds on close yellow daffodils and green stems.

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