San Diego California-1962: A Parking Lot With Classic Cars And A Hillside In The Distance

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

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A Parking Lot With Classic Cars And A Hillside In The... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day at a parking lot in San Diego, California. Classic American automobiles from the early 1960s, including a prominent blue sedan, are parked and moving through the lot. The scene is framed by a dark border, suggesting a view from inside a vehicle or building. In the background, a hillside dotted with houses rises under a clear blue sky, with a gas station sign visible. The footage exhibits natural film grain and color saturation typical of Super 8 home movies from the era.

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: 123807135

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 Southern California transportation, roadside, and suburban setting requests needing a brief archival parking-lot cutaway.
Period detail: The clip shows early-1960s automobiles, a paved lot, roadside signage, utility poles, and hillside houses consistent with the supplied 1962 San Diego metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels visitor-shot from behind a dark window or vehicle edge, holding on ordinary parked and passing cars rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include classic cars, a blue sedan, painted parking lines, a hillside with houses, utility poles, roadside signage, and clear blue sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated color, soft focus, gate shadows, visible grain, and slight handheld drift that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for car travel, parking, suburban hillsides, or everyday San Diego atmosphere.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for car-centered public space and hillside residential development without identifying a specific street or landmark.
Research note: No people are visible, but vehicles, signage, houses, and possible property views should still be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 San Diego parking lot, 8mm classic cars, Southern California roadside footage, and vintage hillside neighborhood cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other San Diego 1962 clips, then 1960s parking lots, roadside travel, and classic-car street scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego parking lot with a blue sedan, passing cars, painted lines, and hillside houses in the background. — A blue sedan and other cars sit or pass through a sunlit parking lot below a hillside.

1962 San Diego view of classic cars in a paved parking area framed by dark film edges and a hillside backdrop. — Classic cars move across the lot while a blue sedan faces the camera near the center.

1962 San Diego parking-lot frame with a blue sedan, moving cars, painted spaces, and a residential hillside beyond. — The camera holds on the lot as cars pass behind the prominent blue sedan.

1962 San Diego parking-lot view with a blue sedan, distant cars, hillside houses, and dark vertical framing at the edge. — A wider view shows the parked blue sedan, open pavement, and hillside road area beyond.

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