Daffodil Hill California USA-1985: Yellow Daffodils In Bloom With People In Background

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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 In Bloom With People In Background — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1985, this vintage home movie captures a vibrant field of yellow daffodils in full bloom at Daffodil Hill, California. The flowers, with their bright yellow petals and green stems, are arranged in neat rows across a mulched garden bed. In the background, blurred figures of people stroll along a path, suggesting a public park or floral exhibition. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color saturation, and a slightly soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, sun-drenched spring day. This archival clip offers authentic 1980s Americana for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123037794

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1980s editorial or documentary requests needing spring garden color, California tourism atmosphere, or home-movie floral cutaways.
Period detail: The frames may show 1980s visitor-shot footage through the soft 8mm look, casual public-garden setting, and indistinct people moving behind the flower beds.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor perspective, lingering close to daffodils while background walkers pass through the scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include yellow daffodils, green stems and leaves, mulched soil, garden rows, a path, tree shade, and blurred visitors in the background.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that give the flower beds a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a springtime insert, garden transition, nature cutaway, or brief memory beat within a 1980s California sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a public floral-viewing scene at Daffodil Hill, with visitors present but secondary to the seasonal daffodil display.
Research note: People appear in the background, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos, music, or obvious private property are visible; copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Search matches include 1985 8mm daffodils, Daffodil Hill California flowers, vintage home movie spring garden, and yellow daffodil field footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1985 Daffodil Hill footage, then broader 1980s California gardens or spring flower scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1985 8mm view of yellow daffodils at Daffodil Hill, California, with soft-focus visitors in the background. — Yellow daffodils fill the foreground as visitors move along the garden beyond.

Yellow daffodils bloom in rows at Daffodil Hill, California, in a soft 1985 8mm home-movie frame. — Rows of daffodils sit in partial shade with indistinct visitors behind the bed.

A handheld 8mm frame shows dense yellow daffodils at Daffodil Hill, with background visitors partly obscured by shade. — Dense daffodil blooms stretch across the bed while figures pass in the shaded background.

Soft 1985 8mm footage frames yellow daffodils at Daffodil Hill, California, with faint visitors near the top edge. — The camera holds on blooming daffodils, with the public garden activity mostly in the distance.

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