San Diego County California-1968: A Red And Wooden Sign Sits Secluded Within A

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 San Diego California

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A Red And Wooden Sign Sits Secluded Within A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a wooden sign for the Parson Jones tree in San Diego County, California. The sign, with yellow lettering on a red background, details the tree's height, diameter, and approximate age. Lush green ferns and dense forest surround the sign, creating a secluded natural setting. A woman in a light-colored jacket and purple pants appears briefly, standing near the sign and reading its information. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic 1960s Americana feel.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124629630

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1333 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: #1
Reel-level year note: 1968
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1968 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: 1968 8mm home-movie footage suited for documentary or educational requests needing a brief California forest sign cutaway or visitor-view insert.
Period detail: The wooden park-style sign, yellow hand-painted lettering, and saturated 8mm color may show a late-1960s visitor stop in a California woodland setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on the sign as a point of interest rather than staging a formal landscape view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the red wooden Parson Jones sign, yellow lettering, support posts, surrounding ferns, dense trees, shadowed forest, and uneven handheld framing.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, saturated greens and reds, slight exposure shifts, and handheld composition typical of home-movie scanning from physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, location-establishing cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into material about redwoods, parks, or 1960s tourism.
Historical context: The sign records the tree's height, diameter, and approximate age, giving visual context for how visitors encountered notable natural features in the period.
Research note: A person is flagged elsewhere in the clip, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location permissions, and any site-specific restrictions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1968 8mm California forest sign, Parson Jones tree home movie, vintage redwood visitor sign, and San Diego County woodland footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1968 San Diego County or California park footage, then with broader vintage nature-sign and forest-tourism scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 8mm frame of a red wooden Parson Jones sign with yellow lettering, partly obscured by dark tree trunks and forest plants. — Parson Jones sign seen through shadowed trees and ferns.

The red Parson Jones sign is more centered, listing height, diameter, and approximate age amid green ferns and woodland shadows. — Centered view of the Parson Jones tree sign in the forest.

A closer 8mm view shows the red Parson Jones sign and its yellow measurements, with bright ferns and forest growth at the base. — Close framing on the sign and its measurement details.

The sign is cropped at the left edge while the surrounding ferns, dark trunks, and wooded background remain visible in the handheld frame. — Handheld frame crops the Parson Jones sign beside forest growth.

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