San Diego California-1962: Driving Down A Palm Tree-Lined Street In A Beach Town

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

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Driving Down A Palm Tree-Lined Street In A Beach Town — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched drive through a palm-lined suburban street in San Diego, California. The view, framed by a car's interior, shows classic mid-century homes with white stucco and tiled roofs, lush green lawns, and tall palm trees swaying in the breeze. A light blue vintage car speeds past, adding motion to the tranquil scene. The footage features natural film grain, slight color fading, and a warm, nostalgic quality characteristic of 1960s home movies. This authentic archival clip evokes Americana and the relaxed atmosphere of a Southern California beach town.

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: 123807239

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Southern California driving, beach-town suburb, or mid-century street atmosphere in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: Visible clues include palm-lined roadway, low stucco houses, broad lawns, and a passing mid-century car consistent with the 1962 San Diego metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged passenger-window viewpoint from a moving car, preserving ordinary neighborhood travel rather than a composed scenic shot.
What appears in frame: The frames show car-window framing, tall palms, sunlit residential houses, lawns, a paved road, distant hills, and a light blue car passing by.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, light grain, mild color fade, motion blur, and uneven exposure that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief insert, transition, establishing cutaway, or memory beat for Southern California mobility and suburban leisure.
Historical context: The footage visually places car travel within a sunny residential coastal setting, with palms and low houses suggesting mid-century California suburban life.
Research note: No people, logos, or music are evident, but copyright status and residential property context should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 San Diego 8mm driving footage, palm-lined California street, beach town suburb, and vintage home movie road view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other San Diego 1962 material, then broader Southern California driving or palm-lined suburb footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego home-movie frame from a car window, showing palms, road, and bright residential exteriors. — Passenger-side view of a palm-lined street seen through the car interior.

Sunlit San Diego residential street with tall palms, lawns, and low houses viewed from a moving car in 1962. — Palm-lined residential block with white houses and lawns along the roadway.

1962 San Diego street view with palms and residential houses, partially framed by the moving car interior. — Roadside palms and mid-century residential exteriors pass by the camera.

A light blue mid-century car passes through a 1962 San Diego residential street scene with palms and houses. — Passing car adds motion to the palm-lined suburban street view.

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