Palm Springs California-1953: Hacienda Building with White Walls, Terracotta Roof, and Palm Trees

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationPalm Springs, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 California

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Hacienda Building with White Walls, Terracotta Roof, and... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a stately hacienda-style building in Palm Springs, California. The white-walled structure features a classic terracotta tile roof, surrounded by lush palm trees and dense green hedges. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows a sun-drenched courtyard with blooming pink roses in the foreground. The film exhibits natural grain and a distinct purple color cast, characteristic of 1950s home movie footage. This archival clip evokes a nostalgic, mid-century California lifestyle perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123350743

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 1398 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1953
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1953 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: Palm Springs, 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 1950s California lifestyle or travel edits needing a brief exterior view of Palm Springs hacienda-style architecture on 8mm home-movie film.
Period detail: The terracotta roof, white stucco-like walls, palms, hedges, and garden setting may show mid-century desert resort architecture in Palm Springs.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, filmed from behind a dark window or structural frame while observing the building and garden from a shaded position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white exterior walls, red tile roofing, palms, dense hedges, a garden foreground, window openings, blue sky, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows pronounced grain, soft focus, handheld framing, high-contrast shadows, and a purple-blue color cast typical of aged home-movie reversal film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, architectural cutaway, travel transition, or quiet memory beat within a Palm Springs or California sequence.
Historical context: The footage situates leisure architecture and landscaped outdoor space within a 1953 Palm Springs home-movie context without identifying the building as a named landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Searches such as 1953 Palm Springs 8mm hacienda exterior, mid-century California garden building, and vintage home movie terracotta roof would match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1953 Palm Springs exteriors, and then broader 1950s California architecture or garden footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 Palm Springs 8mm frame showing a white hacienda-style building with red tile roof, palms, hedges, and dark frame edges. — White-walled hacienda-style building seen through dark framing, with palms and hedges in front.

1953 Palm Springs exterior view of a white stucco-like building with terracotta roof, thick greenery, and a dark vertical frame in the foreground. — Hacienda-style exterior with tile roof and garden foliage, partially obscured by dark framing.

1953 Palm Springs 8mm frame with the upper facade of a white hacienda-style building above hedges and a tree under blue sky. — Upper facade and terracotta roofline rise above dark garden hedges and a tree.

1953 Palm Springs view of a hacienda-style building beyond hedges, trees, and a sunlit garden with flowering plants in the foreground. — Garden and hedges frame a white hacienda-style building with a red tile roof.

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