San Diego California-1962: Beautiful Sunset with Yellow and Orange Sun and Blue Sky

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Beautiful Sunset with Yellow and Orange Sun and Blue Sky — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene sunset over an unknown location in San Diego, California. The sun, a glowing orb of yellow and orange, dips below the horizon, casting warm light across a sky streaked with wispy clouds. Silhouetted trees and a distant utility pole frame the scene, while the film’s natural grain and soft focus lend a nostalgic, dreamlike quality. The tranquil moment evokes a sense of calm and timeless beauty, perfect for historical or editorial content.

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: 123807450

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: 1960s San Diego 8mm home-movie sunset footage suited to documentary inserts, reflective transitions, or period atmosphere without identifiable people.
Period detail: The frames may show a suburban or coastal Southern California horizon with silhouetted palms, trees, and a utility pole, consistent with the 1962 San Diego metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie pause on changing evening light, with the camera held on the horizon as the sun drops behind dark foreground trees.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a low orange sun, blue evening sky, layered clouds, dark tree silhouettes, palm fronds, a distant utility pole, and a shadowed horizon line.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, warm exposure around the sun, slight gate softness, and contact-sheet variation that give the scene physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet cutaway, end-of-day transition, memory beat, or atmospheric bridge within a San Diego or 1960s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The view offers everyday visual context for outdoor Southern California home movies in the early 1960s, focused on sky, light, and neighborhood silhouettes rather than public events.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable property identifiers are visible, but users should still review copyright, location context, and any project-specific property concerns.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1962 San Diego sunset 8mm footage, vintage California home movie sky, silhouetted palm sunset, and 1960s home-movie evening cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1962 San Diego material, then with California sunsets, palm silhouettes, or reflective home-movie transitions.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego home-movie frame showing a low orange sun near the horizon, blue clouded sky, and dark tree silhouettes. — Low sun and layered clouds over a silhouetted horizon, with trees and a distant utility pole.

1962 San Diego sunset frame with the sun glowing near a dark tree line beneath blue sky and horizontal clouds. — The sun nears the horizon beside silhouetted trees and a small utility pole.

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing a soft, low sunset with dark foreground trees, clouds, and a shadowed horizon. — Soft evening light sits below layered clouds with trees in silhouette across the foreground.

1962 San Diego home-movie frame of an orange sunset under blue clouded sky, framed by dark trees and palm foliage. — Orange sunset light glows at the horizon beneath blue sky and thin clouds.

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