Daffodil Hill California USA-1985: Person Photographing Red Tulips in Bathtub Planter

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Person Photographing Red Tulips in Bathtub Planter — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Daffodil Hill, California, USA, in 1985. The footage shows a person in a patterned shirt and dark pants crouching to photograph a unique white bathtub repurposed as a planter filled with vibrant red tulips. The scene is set outdoors on a gravel path under bright sunlight, with the camera capturing the moment from a slightly elevated angle. The film exhibits natural grain and color saturation typical of Super 8 footage from the mid-1980s, evoking a nostalgic, candid atmosphere of a personal garden moment.

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: 123038222

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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

the flora is beautiful the men look at
flore
objects
daffodil hill california USA
1985
1985 home movie footage
vintage 8mm film
Daffodil Hill California
bathtub planter
red tulips
garden photography
Super 8 home movie
1980s Americana
vintage garden
outdoor scene
film grain
retro footage
archival footage
nostalgic clip
family footage
personal film
California garden
vintage photography
8mm film
garden art

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1980s California home-movie garden footage for editors needing an archival cutaway of visitor activity, flowers, and vernacular outdoor display.
Period detail: The clothing, saturated color, and amateur 8mm framing support a mid-1980s home-movie reading, with Daffodil Hill and 1985 supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor crouches close to a bathtub planter to photograph red tulips, giving the clip an unstaged record of how people documented garden visits.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white bathtub planter, red tulips, green leaves, gravel ground, a crouching adult, dark pants, bright sunlight, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has visible grain, strong sun exposure, saturated reds and greens, and handheld 8mm framing that preserve the texture of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: Use as a short insert, garden cutaway, visitor-memory beat, or transition within sequences about travel, flowers, roadside attractions, or 1980s leisure.
Historical context: The footage records a casual garden display where a domestic bathtub has been reused as a planter, seen through a visitor's personal camera perspective.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; review likeness considerations separately from copyright, with no logos or audible music indicated.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1985 Daffodil Hill home movie, California tulip garden 8mm, bathtub planter footage, and 1980s visitor photography.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1985 Daffodil Hill material, then garden-visit or flower-display home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Daffodil Hill in 1985, a visitor crouches near a white bathtub planter filled with red tulips on a sunlit gravel path. — A visitor leans toward the bathtub planter to photograph the red tulips.

The frame shows a white bathtub planter of red tulips at the reported Daffodil Hill location, with a visitor's legs visible behind it. — The bathtub planter and red tulips fill the foreground while a visitor stands behind.

A closer 1985 home-movie view centers the red tulips and white bathtub planter, with the visitor mostly cropped out. — Red tulips in the bathtub planter dominate the lower frame.

The final frame holds on the red tulips in the white bathtub planter, with gravel ground and a visitor's lower body in the background. — The camera lingers on the tulips and reused bathtub planter.

Visually Similar Clips