Daffodil Hill California USA-1985: A Slow Walk Up The Hill On A Bright Sunny Day

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

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A Slow Walk Up The Hill On A Bright Sunny Day — Clip Details

A slow walk up a sun-drenched dirt trail at Daffodil Hill in California, captured on 8mm film in 1985. Visitors stroll along the path, passing weathered wooden farm equipment and rustic structures under bright daylight. The scene features a mix of men and women in casual 1980s attire, including hats and jackets, moving through a rural, wooded setting. The footage shows natural film grain and color saturation typical of vintage home movies, with dappled sunlight filtering through trees.

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: 123038263

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1980s editorial or documentary requests needing visitor-shot 8mm footage of a rural California attraction on a sunny day.
Period detail: Casual jackets, hats, trousers, saturated color, and handheld 8mm texture support the supplied 1985 home-movie dating.
Home-movie behavior: The clip records an unstaged visitor walk as people move slowly up a dirt path past rustic outdoor displays.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dirt trail, visitors, hats and jackets, weathered wooden equipment, a small shed-like structure, trees, railings, and bright sun patches.
Film character: The footage has the grain, soft focus, dense shadows, saturated color, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, travel-memory transition, or cutaway for rural tourism and 1980s leisure scenes.
Historical context: The scene shows visitors moving through a rustic wooded attraction, offering social texture of casual public sightseeing in the mid-1980s.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Search match for 1985 8mm Daffodil Hill California visitors walking uphill, rustic farm equipment, sunny rural trail, and vintage home movie tourism footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1985 Daffodil Hill material, then broader 1980s rural California sightseeing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Daffodil Hill in 1985, visitors walk uphill along a sunlit dirt trail beside old wooden farm equipment and trees. — Visitors pass rustic wooden equipment on a bright dirt path.

Visitors in casual 1980s clothing move along the Daffodil Hill trail near a weathered wooden structure and wooded shade. — A group approaches the camera along the rural hillside path.

The 8mm frame shows visitors at Daffodil Hill walking past railings, rough wooden equipment, and a small shed in bright daylight. — Visitors move through alternating sunlight and shade on the hill path.

Visitors at Daffodil Hill in 1985 pass weathered wooden equipment and trees as the handheld 8mm shot looks down the path. — The group passes the rustic display as the path curves through shade.

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