San Diego California-1962: Cars Drive Down A Highway In A Mountainous Area With

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

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Cars Drive Down A Highway In A Mountainous Area With — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a scenic drive along a coastal highway in San Diego, California. The footage shows classic American cars cruising past a dramatic cliffside with a large building perched atop the rocky peak. The bright blue sky and sun-drenched pavement highlight the era's iconic automotive style and roadside architecture. The view is framed by the car's window, with power lines and street lamps lining the road, creating a nostalgic slice of mid-century Americana. This authentic archival footage offers a vivid glimpse into 1960s transportation and coastal landscapes.

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: 123807195

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1962 San Diego 8mm driving footage for edits needing mid-century California road travel, coastal highway atmosphere, or period transportation cutaways.
Period detail: The frames show early-1960s automobiles, overhead utility poles, streetlamps, divided pavement, and roadside buildings beneath a rocky hillside.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a passenger filming through a moving car window during a brief scenic drive.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include classic cars, a divided roadway, rocky hillside, pale roadside buildings, utility poles, streetlamps, blue sky, and a car-side mirror.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight gate edges, uneven exposure, and handheld movement that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short travel insert, route transition, coastal California cutaway, or memory beat between broader 1960s scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for everyday automobile travel and roadside development in Southern California during the early 1960s.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but visible buildings and location identification should still be reviewed for copyright, property, and editorial-use concerns.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1962 San Diego 8mm driving footage, vintage California highway cars, 1960s coastal road home movie, and mid-century roadside architecture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then 1962 San Diego or Southern California footage, then broader 1960s car-travel and highway scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego road view with cars passing a rocky hillside, utility poles, streetlamps, and a pale building near the pavement. — Cars move along a sunlit road below a rocky hillside with a building near the roadside.

1962 San Diego driving view past a cliffside, with cars on the roadway and a large pale building at the base of the rock face. — The moving car approaches traffic and a pale building set against the cliffside.

1962 San Diego roadside view with a classic car in the foreground, a rocky hill above, and buildings along the edge of the road. — A classic car passes near the camera as the road runs below the hillside.

Passenger-side 8mm view from a moving vehicle on a sunlit road, with dry hills, pale sky, and the car's round side mirror visible. — The view shifts to open roadway and dry hills from inside or beside the moving car.

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