San Diego California-1962: Suburban Car Travel In Sprawling Community

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

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Suburban Car Travel In Sprawling Community — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched suburban street in San Diego, California. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows a quiet residential neighborhood with single-story homes, palm trees, and lush greenery under a clear blue sky. A classic car drives slowly down the street, its motion smooth and unhurried. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic vignette of Super 8 footage, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American atmosphere. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring 1960s suburban life.

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: 123807265

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 requests needing 1960s San Diego suburban street travel, residential exteriors, and car-window neighborhood views for documentary or editorial context.
Period detail: The single-story homes, palm plantings, curbside landscaping, and period automobile may show early-1960s Southern California suburban development.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, looking from inside or beside a vehicle as the camera passes through a quiet residential street.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include palm trees, single-story homes, paved streets, curbside planting beds, parked or passing cars, utility poles, and bright midday sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, gate shadows, natural grain, mild color shift, and handheld exposure changes that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for suburban mobility, family travel, or mid-century California neighborhood life.
Historical context: The clip visually situates everyday car travel within a landscaped postwar residential setting without identifying a specific street or community.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are apparent, but copyright and any property-related concerns should be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Researchers might find this under 1962 San Diego 8mm home movie, suburban street drive, Southern California neighborhood, or mid-century residential car travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other San Diego 1962 material, then broader 1960s suburban driving and residential street footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego suburban street view through dark window framing, showing palms, trees, single-story homes, and a quiet road curve. — A framed view of a landscaped residential street with palms and low homes.

1962 San Diego residential street with palms, single-story houses, driveway areas, and a light-colored car near the curb. — Palm-lined suburban homes and a car appear beyond the dark frame edge.

1962 San Diego neighborhood view with a downhill street, palm trees, low houses, utility pole, shrubs, and a curbside car. — The camera looks along a sloping street bordered by palms and homes.

1962 San Diego suburban road view with palm shadows across the pavement, houses, hedges, utility pole, and a red car near the curb. — Palm shadows cross the roadway as the neighborhood rises in the distance.

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