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1952: Wide Desert Plain with Bushy Shrubs in San Diego

1952: Wide Desert Plain with Bushy Shrubs in San Diego

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  • Year1952
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationSan Diego, California, United States
  • Duration6s
  • Pond5 pricefrom $199 USD
  • Collection1955 San Diego California

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Wide Desert Plain with Bushy Shrubs in San Diego — Clip Details

Vintage 1952 home movie footage from San Diego, California, capturing a wide desert plain with large bushy shrubs, scattered trees, and distant mountains under a bright blue sky. The arid landscape features dry sand, sparse vegetation, and white clouds drifting overhead, filmed on 8mm film with authentic grain and color palette. This nostalgic archival clip evokes mid-century vintage and offers authentic period footage for documentaries, historical projects, or retro-themed content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
See Pond5 listing
License
Not licensed directly; available on Pond5
Delivery
Via Pond5
Duration
6s
Pond5 price
from $199 USD
Clip ID
72388919

Source & Documentation

Source reel
Reel 1234 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label
miss universe
Reel-level year note
1952
Reel-level location note
california
Date
1952 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 Diego, 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
Marketplace licensing (Pond5)

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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