San Francisco California-1963: Herd Of Deer In Natural Habitat

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

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Herd Of Deer In Natural Habitat — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1963 captures a herd of deer in a grassy field near San Francisco, California. The footage shows a group of elk or deer resting and moving across an open area bordered by trees, with a white sign and utility pole visible in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, characteristic of home movie footage from the era. The scene evokes a sense of peaceful, natural wildlife observation in a semi-rural setting.

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: 124935589

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s editorial sequences needing brief wildlife cutaways from California-area home-movie footage.
Period detail: The scene may show a mid-century park or open-range setting, with a white posted sign and utility pole behind a herd in dry grass.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the animals from a distance with a casual visitor-shot steadiness, preserving an unstaged wildlife encounter.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a clustered herd, dry grass, darker trees, a white sign, utility poles, brush, and soft foreground vegetation.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries pronounced grain, muted color shift, soft focus, and slight handheld blur that read as period home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature insert, rural transition, observational cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a 1960s sequence.
Historical context: The footage records a semi-rural wildlife view near the stated San Francisco location without showing people, buildings, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people are visible, but the posted sign or background markings should be reviewed for brand, institutional, or location identification concerns.
Research search match: Research matches include 1963 8mm deer herd footage, California home movie wildlife, and 1960s animals in grassy field.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from the same reel, then San Francisco or 1963 California scenes, then broader deer, elk, or park wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 San Francisco-area 8mm frame showing a distant herd of deer or elk clustered in a grassy field near trees and a white sign. — Distant herd resting and standing in dry grass with trees and a posted sign behind them.

1963 San Francisco-area home-movie frame of deer or elk grouped in an open field, with a white sign and pole behind them. — Clustered animals in an open grassy area, filmed from a distance.

1963 San Francisco-area 8mm frame showing a herd spread across dry grass, some resting and others standing near trees. — The herd spreads across the field while some animals remain low in the grass.

1963 San Francisco-area home-movie frame of deer or elk in a dry field, with trees, brush, a sign, and poles in the background. — Distant wildlife group in a dry open field at the end of the clip.

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