San Francisco California-1963: View Of Wild Animals Resting In Tall Grass On A

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 San Francisco California

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View Of Wild Animals Resting In Tall Grass On A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a serene outdoor scene from San Francisco, California. The footage shows a group of wild animals, likely deer, resting in tall grass within a sunlit field. The image has a distinct purple color cast and grainy texture typical of Super 8 film from the era. The view is framed by dark borders, suggesting it was shot through a window or viewfinder. The animals are scattered across the field, some standing, others lying down, creating a peaceful moment in nature. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century wildlife and landscape footage.

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: 124935564

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: San Francisco, 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: 1960s 8mm home-movie coastal scenery useful for documentary cutaways, place-setting inserts, or reflective nature transitions.
Period detail: The frames may show a 1963 San Francisco-area shoreline view, with no visible signage, people, vehicles, or architecture to confirm a more specific site.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the quiet value of a casual home-movie observation, lingering on surf, rocks, and distant water rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean surf, a purple sky, dark rocky foreground, a cliff edge, horizon line, film gate borders, and contact-sheet frame divisions.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries pronounced grain, soft focus, purple color shift, heavy contrast, and slight framing instability that read as original film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief coastal insert, memory beat, atmospheric transition, or visual pause between urban or travel scenes.
Historical context: As a home-movie coastal view, it documents how a private camera recorded landscape and weather conditions without identifiable public activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still verify copyright ownership and any location-specific use concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s 8mm California coastline, vintage San Francisco shore, home movie ocean surf, and archival rocky beach footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1963 San Francisco or California coastal footage, then broader vintage ocean landscape clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 8mm home-movie frame of a dark rocky shoreline and distant surf, likely in the San Francisco area. — Rocky shoreline and distant waves under a purple-tinted sky.

1963 8mm frame showing distant ocean surf, dark shoreline rocks, and a purple color cast from archival film. — Ocean surf and dark foreground rocks in a vintage coastal view.

1963 San Francisco-area home-movie frame with a dark cliff edge, rocky foreground, and pale surf offshore. — A dark cliff edge frames waves breaking in the distance.

1963 8mm coastal frame with dark rocks, a left-side cliff silhouette, and distant surf under a purple sky. — Rocky coastal foreground with distant surf and a cliff silhouette.

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