Santa Cruz California-1949: Peaceful Countryside With Beige Farmhouse And Pond

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationSanta Cruz, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1949 California

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Peaceful Countryside With Beige Farmhouse And Pond — Clip Details

SANTA CRUZ CALIFORNIA-1949: A serene 8mm home movie clip captures a tranquil countryside scene with a beige farmhouse nestled among lush green trees and a weeping willow. A calm pool or pond with a metal railing is in the foreground, reflecting the peaceful summer day. The footage, shot on vintage 8mm film, shows natural light and slight film grain, evoking a nostalgic, quiet moment from mid-century America.

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: 125297797

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 1660 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1949
Reel-level location note: del mar, california,chicago
Date: 1949 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: Santa Cruz, 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 1940s California rural-life edits needing a quiet farmhouse, pond, and summer countryside establishing view from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show mid-century rural or semi-rural architecture, simple railings, and landscaped grounds consistent with the 1949 Santa Cruz metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a steady visitor or family-film perspective, holding on the pond, railings, farmhouse, and trees rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a light-colored farmhouse, calm pond or pool, white metal railings, weeping willow, wooded hillside, walkway, and distant human figure.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur, gate edges, and minor scratches that read as original physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural establishing insert, reflective transition, quiet memory beat, or cutaway between family or travel scenes.
Historical context: The scene offers a modest view of postwar-era California leisure or countryside surroundings without proving ownership, landmark identity, or specific activity.
Research note: Distant people and possible identifiable property should be reviewed separately from copyright status; no logos are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Searches for 1949 Santa Cruz 8mm countryside, California farmhouse pond, vintage rural home movie, or mid-century willow landscape may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then Santa Cruz 1949 material, then broader 1940s California countryside, farmhouse, pond, or summer landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 Santa Cruz home-movie frame showing a light farmhouse, pond or pool, white railings, willow tree, and wooded background. — A light-colored farmhouse stands behind a calm pond or pool bordered by metal railings.

The Santa Cruz countryside scene holds on a farmhouse, willow, pond or pool, railings, and green trees in soft 8mm color. — The camera frames the farmhouse and willow across the water, with railings crossing the foreground.

A soft 8mm frame shows a light farmhouse partly obscured by a willow, with a pond or pool and railings in the foreground. — The farmhouse remains partly screened by the willow as the railings and water dominate the foreground.

Final 1949 Santa Cruz frame with farmhouse, willow, pond or pool, white railings, wooded backdrop, and a small distant person on the grounds. — A distant person appears near the farmhouse grounds while the pond, railings, and trees fill the view.

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