San Diego County California-1968: View Of Red, Yellow And Purple Flowers And Distant Ship

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

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View Of Red, Yellow And Purple Flowers And Distant Ship — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of a flower farm in San Diego County, California. The clip opens with a distant, hazy view of a large ship on the water, then transitions to vibrant rows of red, yellow, and purple flowers in full bloom. The footage, framed by a dark border, shows a moving perspective, likely from a car, with a field of green crops and distant vehicles visible in the background. The film exhibits natural grain and color fading typical of Super 8 footage from the era, evoking a nostalgic, retro atmosphere.

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: 124629948

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 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 San Diego County home-movie footage suited for archival requests needing coastal agriculture, flower fields, and a brief distant ship view as period atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1960s Southern California flower cultivation, with open fields, distant vehicles, and a hazy waterfront view supported by the supplied San Diego County metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a passing or nearby vehicle, giving the scene an unstaged visitor perspective rather than a composed agricultural survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a distant ship on water, dark film gate borders, rows of red flowers, yellow blooms, purple-blue plantings, bare soil, green fields, and far-off vehicles.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight haze, and gate-edge framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, rural-coastal transition, travel-memory cutaway, or color-field detail within a 1960s California sequence.
Historical context: The footage places ornamental flower fields near a coastal or harbor view, suggesting the visual overlap of agriculture, travel, and waterfront scenery in the region.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any property or vessel concerns should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches for 1968 8mm San Diego County flower fields, Southern California flower farm home movies, distant ship harbor view, and vintage coastal agriculture footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1968 San Diego County footage, then related coastal agriculture, flower field, harbor, or roadside travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 San Diego County 8mm frame showing a large distant ship or vessel across calm water in a hazy coastal view. — A distant vessel sits on the water in a soft, hazy coastal view.

1968 San Diego County frame showing red and yellow flower rows beside a green field, with small distant vehicles near the horizon. — Flower rows fill the foreground while vehicles move faintly in the distance.

1968 San Diego County 8mm frame of a flower field with red, yellow, and purple-blue rows below a green field and distant traffic. — Bands of cultivated flowers stretch across the field below a distant road.

1968 San Diego County home-movie frame showing colorful flower rows, foreground plants, green fields, and small distant vehicles. — Colorful cultivated flower rows pass the camera with green fields beyond.

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