California-1964: Tall Pine Trees By A Lake With Yellow Car

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 California

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Tall Pine Trees By A Lake With Yellow Car — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside scene in California. Tall pine trees frame the view, their dark green needles contrasting with the bright, overcast sky. A yellow car with a metal roof rack is visible in the foreground, suggesting a family road trip. The camera pans slowly, revealing a grassy slope leading to the water's edge. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic 1960s Americana memory. Ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127381629

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 home-movie requests needing a quiet lakeside road-trip cutaway with trees, shoreline, and a parked car detail.
Period detail: The yellow car roof and casual lakeside setting may show mid-1960s recreational travel, supported by the 1964 8mm metadata rather than visible signage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a traveler pausing near a lake and filming the surrounding trees, grass, shoreline, and car from a roadside or picnic-area vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall dark trees, a grassy slope, pale lake water, a curved paved edge, damp ground, and the roof or rack area of a yellow car.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure bloom in the bright lake area, and handheld framing that adds physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for family travel, California landscapes, lakeside stops, or 1960s leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene suggests ordinary outdoor recreation and car travel in California, with no visible people, signage, or landmark detail to narrow the location further.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location, vehicle identification, and any property context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 8mm California lake footage, 1960s family road trip cutaway, vintage pine trees by water, and home movie lakeside car scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from the same reel, then with 1964 California travel scenes, and then with broader 1960s lakeside nature or road-trip material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 California 8mm frame showing tall lakeside trees, green grass, pale water, and a curved paved edge under bright overcast light. — Tall trees frame a grassy lakeside view with a curved paved edge in front.

1964 California home-movie frame with lakeside trees, green grass, pale water, and part of a yellow car roof with a metal rack visible. — A yellow car roof and rack appear below the trees near the lake.

1964 California 8mm frame looking through dark tree trunks toward grass, pale lake water, and a curved paved edge in the foreground. — Dark trees and hanging branches overlook the lakeside grass and paved edge.

1964 California frame showing a yellow car roof with metal rack in the foreground, with tall trees, grass, and pale lake water beyond. — The car roof and metal rack fill the foreground beneath lakeside trees.

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