Central Coast California USA-1973: Person Watching Stormy Waves Breaking on Rocky Shore

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationCoast, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Person Watching Stormy Waves Breaking on Rocky Shore — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1973 capturing a stormy day along the Central Coast of California. The clip shows turbulent ocean waves breaking against a rocky shoreline under a heavy gray sky. A lone figure in a plaid shirt stands on a grassy bluff overlooking the sea, observing the rough surf. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and a muted color palette typical of 1970s amateur footage. The scene conveys a sense of quiet contemplation and isolation during a coastal storm, with the camera remaining mostly static throughout the 5-second sequence.

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: 120954502

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1395 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: honeymoon
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: salt lake,utah,sf, california,monerey,lake tahoe
Date: 1973 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: Coast, 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: 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: 1970s 8mm coastal home-movie footage suited to documentary requests for rough California surf, shoreline weather, and quiet observational travel material.
Period detail: The clip may show 1970s leisure or travel filming, with muted reversal-film color, soft focus, and a plaid-shirted adult figure on a grassy ocean bluff.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged visitor perspective, holding on the ocean point and then including a lone observer looking out toward the breaking surf.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include gray ocean water, low breaking waves, dark rocky shoreline, distant headland shapes, grassy bluff, pale sky, and a single adult figure near the coast.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft grain, slight exposure variation, muted blue-gray color, and contact-print framing that give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a coastal weather insert, reflective transition, or memory beat between broader travel, storm, or shoreline sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects amateur coastal filming in California, emphasizing landscape observation and personal travel experience rather than an identified public event.
Research note: One adult figure is visible at a distance, so copyright, likeness, and contextual use should be reviewed separately even though no logos, music, or private property are evident in the frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1970s 8mm California coast storm surf, Central Coast rocky shoreline home movie, lone figure ocean bluff, and vintage rough sea footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1973 California coastal footage, and then with broader themes of storm surf, shoreline travel, and solitary observation.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 8mm coastal footage shows gray ocean waves breaking near a rocky California shoreline under an overcast sky. — Breaking surf along a rocky point.

Muted 8mm frame of rough Central Coast surf, a rocky foreground, and a low distant point beneath a gray sky. — Rough water near the coastal point.

1973 California coastal home-movie frame with choppy gray water, dark rocks, and a low horizon under stormy light. — Choppy water under a heavy sky.

A distant adult figure in a plaid shirt stands on a grassy California coastal bluff, looking toward pale surf and open water in 1973 8mm footage. — Lone observer on the coastal bluff.

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