California USA-1963: A View Of Trees And Grass Next To A Lake

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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A View Of Trees And Grass Next To A Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a serene coastal landscape in California. Silhouetted evergreen trees frame a misty, purple-hued sky at dawn or dusk, with a calm body of water visible beyond a grassy field. A utility pole and power lines cross the frame, adding to the authentic, unposed feel of the footage. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, evoking a nostalgic, quiet moment from mid-century America.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124934692

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 1112 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: knotts berry farm,zoo,san diego,mary,park,phillip
Reel-level year note: 1963
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1963 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: 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: Useful for 1960s California landscape requests needing quiet 8mm coastal or lakeside atmosphere for documentary inserts, transitions, or memory-led sequences.
Period detail: The visible utility pole, overhead line, soft color shift, and 8mm home-movie handling support a mid-century roadside or residential-edge landscape, with the 1963 date supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a fixed, informal position through trees toward water and grass, preserving an unposed home-movie glimpse rather than a composed travel view.
What appears in frame: Silhouetted evergreens, a grassy field, distant water, pale mist or low cloud, a utility pole, overhead power lines, and dark film borders are visible across the clip.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, purple color bias, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight frame instability that give the landscape its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet establishing cutaway, reflective transition, or memory beat before or after family, travel, or California landscape material.
Historical context: The scene places a natural waterside view alongside visible utility infrastructure, suggesting an everyday developed-edge landscape without identifying a specific landmark.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location, and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1963 California 8mm landscape, vintage home movie trees by water, foggy lakeside grass, coastal evergreens, and quiet outdoor archival cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1963 California landscapes, then broader 1960s home-movie nature, water, fog, and roadside scenic material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 California 8mm frame showing dark evergreen trees, grass, distant water, and a pale purple sky crossed by a utility line. — Trees and grass frame a muted waterside view with a utility line across the sky.

1963 California 8mm frame with evergreens in silhouette, a grassy area, distant water, and overhead utility lines under a hazy sky. — A fixed home-movie view looks past trees toward grass and water.

1963 California 8mm frame showing evergreen trunks and branches, grass, distant water, and a purple-tinted sky with a utility line. — Evergreens partially obscure a calm waterside landscape beyond the grass.

1963 California 8mm frame of trees silhouetted against a purple sky, with grass, distant water, and an overhead line visible. — The clip ends on a tree-framed view of grass, water, and hazy sky.

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