Stockfilm holds 7,544 clips filmed between 1980 and 1989, 3,565 of them licensable directly on this site at $149, scanned at 4K from 7 original home movie reels. 3,175 clips carry a city and 7,544 a country, across 16 countries; United States, New Zealand and Kenya lead. Every clip page shows its year and the confidence level behind that date; a matched source reel appears where the catalog can pair the clip with a reel record by year and place, a candidate match rather than a digitization log, which about 46% of searchable clips currently carry. The 28 year and place collections below are the fastest way in; the tables list where and when the footage was shot.
- Clips
- 7,544
- Direct at $149
- 3,565
- Source reels
- 7
- Countries
- 16
- Cities
- 30
- Years
- 1980 to 1989
What people filmed in the 1980s
Subject counts come from the same keyword search the browse pages use, restricted to clips dated 1980 to 1989.
Where it was filmed
7,544 of the 7,544 clips carry a country and 3,175 a city. Each row links to the year and place collection for that place when one exists, otherwise to a search scoped to the 1980s.
Top cities, 1980s| City | Clips |
|---|
| Mara, Tanzania | 375 |
| Grand Teton, United States | 346 |
| Big Sur, United States | 342 |
| Kilaguni, Kenya | 261 |
| Carmel, United States | 236 |
| San Diego, United States | 221 |
| Moscow, Russia | 166 |
| Mendocino, United States | 160 |
| Acapulco, Mexico | 150 |
| Lansing, United States | 132 |
Five highlights
The five 1980s collections with the most directly licensable clips, described by their own keywords.
1981 California: 687 clips, 532 of them licensable directly, tagged san diego, sports and holidays.
Top seller: MALIBU CALIFORNIA USA-1981: Interior with Decorated Christmas Tree $149 · Editorial only
1981 New Zealand: 445 clips, 387 of them licensable directly, tagged animals, wildlife and forest.
Top seller: NEW ZEALAND-1981: Hippopotamus and Emu at Zoo $149 · Commercial
1981 British Columbia: 353 clips, 263 of them licensable directly, tagged mountain, outdoor adventure and rocks.
Top seller: BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA-1981: Hand Holding Sierra Club Magazine $149 · Editorial only
1980 Grand Teton Wyoming: 346 clips, 260 of them licensable directly, tagged outdoor adventure, wildlife and animals.
Top seller: GRAND TETON WYOMING USA-1980: Brown Butterfly on Yellow Flower $149 · Commercial
1980 Big Sur California: 342 clips, 259 of them licensable directly, tagged flowers, outdoor scenery and rocks.
Top seller: BIG SUR CALIFORNIA USA-1980: Rocky Cliffs and Crashing Waves at Big Sur $149 · Commercial
By the 1980s both home movie gauges had been on sale for years: Standard 8mm since 1932 and Super 8 since 1965, with Super 8 sound cartridges since 1973. A 50 ft Super 8 cartridge runs about three minutes twenty seconds at 18 frames per second; a 50 ft Standard 8 reel runs about three to four minutes at 16 frames per second. The gauge of every source reel is recorded on its reel page, and the split for this decade is shown below.
Source reels behind the 1980s clips: 7 Super 8. Every clip page links to its reel.
How to license 1980s footage
Every one of the 3,565 direct clips is $149 for a royalty-free, worldwide license with no expiry and no attribution required. Checkout delivers the 4K master file, and the clip page shows the source reel and date confidence before you buy. The licensing guide covers editorial, broadcast and commercial use in detail.
