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Spain-1972: Coastal City With Large Buildings And Ocean Waves

$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.

  • Year1972
  • Decade1970s
  • LocationSpain
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1972 Spain

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Coastal City With Large Buildings And Ocean Waves — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Spain in 1972 captures a coastal cityscape with large mid-century modern buildings lining the shore. The scene features calm ocean waves lapping against rocky outcrops and a sandy beach, with a prominent concrete seawall separating the urban development from the water. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and a soft, nostalgic quality characteristic of home movies from the era. The camera remains steady, offering a panoramic view of the seaside architecture under an overcast sky, evoking a sense of quiet, everyday life in a 1970s Mediterranean resort town.

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
120952832

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
Spain 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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Topics & Keywords

  • ocean
  • beach
  • rocks
  • city
  • buildings
  • waves
  • sand
  • water
  • sunny
  • large
  • sea
  • background
  • backgrounds
  • textures
  • SPAIN
  • 1972
  • 1972 Spain coastal city
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Super 8 home movie
  • seaside resort 1970s
  • mid-century modern buildings
  • ocean waves and rocks
  • retro Spanish footage
  • archival 1970s film
  • nostalgic beach scene
  • 8mm film grain
  • vintage documentary footage
  • coastal architecture 1972
  • old film footage
  • Spanish seaside town
  • 8mm vintage film
  • 1970s home movie
  • seaside cityscape
  • classic film footage
  • retro travel footage
  • vintage ocean view

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
This 1972 Spain 8mm clip supports archive requests for 1970s Mediterranean coastal development, seaside resort city views, or documentary establishing material without visible people.
Period detail
The visible mid-century high-rise buildings, concrete seawall, and shoreline promenade may show the built environment of a Spanish coastal resort area in the early 1970s.
Home-movie behavior
The steady, observational framing reads as a visitor-shot home-movie view of the coastline and urban waterfront rather than a staged or directed scene.
What appears in frame
The frames show ocean water, small waves, rocky shoreline, a sandy beach edge, a concrete seawall, shoreline buildings, and an overcast sky.
Film character
The footage has soft 8mm texture with visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and dark frame edges from the original film scan.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a quiet coastal establishing shot, a transition between travel scenes, or a memory beat for 1970s Spain.
Historical context
The clip visually places urban construction close to the shoreline, offering context for leisure travel and coastal development without identifying a specific city or landmark.
Research note
No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property or location permissions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match
Useful search phrases include 1972 Spain 8mm coastal city, 1970s Spanish seaside buildings, vintage home movie ocean waves, and Mediterranean resort shoreline.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Spain 1972 coastal footage, and then with broader 1970s beach, seawall, and resort-city material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Spain 8mm frame showing large shoreline buildings, a concrete seawall, rocky coast, and calm ocean water under a pale sky.
Coastal buildings and seawall above the water.
1972 Spain 8mm frame with mid-rise coastal buildings, a shoreline wall, rocks, and small waves moving along the edge of the water.
Waterfront buildings with rocks and small waves.
1972 Spain 8mm frame showing a broad coastal view with large buildings behind a seawall, rocky outcrops, and calm water in the foreground.
Urban shoreline with seawall and calm water.
1972 Spain 8mm frame looking across calm water toward a rocky shoreline, concrete seawall, and large coastal buildings.
Seaside buildings along a rocky coast.

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