Mazatlan Mexico-1972: Ocean and Beach at Tropical Coastline

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationMazatlan, Mexico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Mazatlan Mexico

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Ocean and Beach at Tropical Coastline — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Mazatlan, Mexico, in 1972, showcasing a panoramic view of a tropical coastline. The clip features a deep blue ocean with gentle waves lapping a sandy beach, set against a backdrop of rolling hills dotted with buildings. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and a distinct purple tint, with visible film edge borders framing the scene. The camera pans slowly across the bay, capturing the serene beauty of the Mexican coast in a nostalgic, archival style.

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: 120913271

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: 1972 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: Mazatlan, Mexico 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1970s 8mm coastal view helps solve requests for archival travel, vacation, and Mexican beach atmosphere footage for documentary inserts or period-setting transitions.
Period detail: The frame may show early-1970s leisure travel through its home-movie color palette, handheld coastal pan, and distant hillside development along Mazatlan Bay.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on ocean, surf, beach, and hills rather than staged action or identified subjects.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include deep blue water, a sandy shoreline, small breaking waves, low rocky islets, distant hills, shoreline buildings, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, mild exposure variation, a cool blue-purple cast, and contact-sheet frame borders that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing cutaway, travel-memory beat, coastal transition, or atmospheric insert between broader Mazatlan or vacation sequences.
Historical context: As home-movie material from Mazatlan in 1972, it visually documents a tourist-facing coastal landscape without making claims about named landmarks or specific events.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still verify copyright status and assess any distant shoreline property identification for their intended use.
Research search match: Likely researcher searches include 1970s 8mm Mazatlan beach, Mexico vacation home movie, blue ocean bay pan, Super 8 coastal travel footage, and vintage tropical shoreline.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Mazatlan or Mexico footage from 1972, and then with broader 1970s beach, bay, ocean, and vacation travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 8mm home-movie view of Mazatlan coastline with blue ocean water, a curved sandy beach, distant hillside buildings, and visible film-frame edges. — Mazatlan bay and beach from a visitor viewpoint.

1972 Mazatlan coastal view with deep blue bay water, low rocky outcrops, distant hillside shoreline, and a bright surf line along the beach. — Bay water, rocks, hills, and shoreline surf.

Soft 8mm frame from Mazatlan showing open blue water, small rocky islets, distant hills, and faint shoreline buildings under a clear sky. — Open bay with distant shoreline hills.

1972 8mm view across Mazatlan Bay toward low hills and shoreline buildings, with blue water filling most of the frame and light film wear visible. — Mazatlan bay looking toward distant hills.

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