San Diego California-1962: Aerial View Of Farmland On A Bright Sunny Day

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 California

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Aerial View Of Farmland On A Bright Sunny Day — Clip Details

Aerial 8mm film footage from 1962 captures a sun-drenched landscape over San Diego, California. The vintage Super 8 clip shows a high-angle view of farmland and scattered buildings below, with a soft pinkish-purple color cast typical of aged film. The image is grainy and slightly faded, with visible film scratches and edge damage, conveying a nostalgic, archival quality. The camera maintains a steady aerial perspective, offering a rare glimpse of mid-century suburban development and agricultural patterns from above.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: AerialExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123685089

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 1236 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: disneyland
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1962 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: San Diego, 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 1960s documentary or educational edits needing brief aerial context of Southern California farmland and early suburban patterns.
Period detail: The high aerial angle may show low-density farmland, pale roads, and scattered building forms consistent with the 1962 San Diego metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the non-theatrical aircraft-window viewpoint, recording landscape below as a passing personal travel observation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include hazy farmland blocks, faint roads, scattered structures, aircraft-window framing, heavy shadows, and aged color film texture.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, grain, fading, pink-purple color shift, scratches, and frame-edge shadows that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short aerial insert, regional transition, memory beat, or establishing cutaway before ground-level San Diego material.
Historical context: The clip gives a visual glimpse of land use around San Diego in 1962 without confirming specific neighborhoods, landmarks, or development projects.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, aircraft origin, and any identifiable land or property context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Search matches include 1962 San Diego aerial 8mm footage, Southern California farmland from above, and vintage home movie aerial landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other San Diego 1962 footage, then broader 1960s California aerial, farmland, and suburban landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego aerial 8mm frame showing hazy farmland below through dark aircraft-window or film-gate shadows. — Hazy aerial view of farmland and faint roads below the aircraft.

Aged 8mm aerial view over the San Diego area, with pale fields and faint settlement patterns under a pink color cast. — Soft aerial view of fields and roads with heavy film-edge shadowing.

1962 aerial home-movie frame over farmland near San Diego, with blocky fields, small structures, and visible 8mm wear. — Farmland blocks and scattered structures appear through faded aerial footage.

Faded 1962 San Diego aerial frame with farmland below and a curved dark shadow crossing the lower right of the 8mm scan. — Curved shadow crosses a soft aerial view of farmland and roads.

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