Central Coast California USA-1973: Old Footage Showing A Game Of Golf By The Sea

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

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Old Footage Showing A Game Of Golf By The Sea — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1973 showing a wooden sign marked '7 RESTLESS SEA' at a coastal golf course on the Central Coast of California. The scene captures a gloomy, overcast day with a restless ocean crashing against rocky shores. In the background, several men in casual 1970s attire, including a man in a yellow shirt and another in a white cap, play golf on the green. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and a nostalgic, dreamy quality characteristic of home movie footage from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120954539

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: This 1973 8mm coastal golf clip can support documentary or editorial requests for 1970s leisure, seaside recreation, and Central Coast California home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The men's casual clothing, muted color palette, wooden course sign, and 8mm home-movie handling may show early 1970s recreational travel or local golf culture.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged visitor perspective, moving from a course sign to golfers and spectators near the sea rather than presenting a formal sports record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wooden sign reading 7 RESTLESS SEA, rocky shoreline, breaking ocean, overcast sky, green fairway, golfers, spectators, and rope boundary posts.
Film character: The clip carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color fading, gate edges, and handheld framing that give it credible physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, seaside transition, recreational cutaway, or memory beat linking golf with a cold coastal landscape.
Historical context: The scene visually places golf within a public-facing coastal leisure setting where players and onlookers appear exposed to wind, fog, and rocky ocean views.
Research note: People are visible at a distance and the course sign text is readable, so likeness, location identification, and sign or course-name review should be separated from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1973 8mm coastal golf, Central Coast California home movie, golfers by the sea, Restless Sea sign, and 1970s seaside recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1973 Central Coast California footage, then with broader themes of seaside leisure, golf, overcast travel, and home-movie landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 8mm frame of a wooden golf-course sign reading 7 RESTLESS SEA, with rocks, surf, and an overcast California coastal horizon behind it. — Course sign beside the rocky sea.

A second 1973 8mm view holds on the wooden 7 RESTLESS SEA sign, with pale ocean water, dark rocks, and grey sky in the background. — Restless Sea sign with surf behind it.

1973 8mm frame showing several men on or near a coastal golf green, with a rope boundary, golf bags, ocean horizon, and foggy Central Coast California weather. — Golfers on the coastal green.

The final 1973 8mm frame shows men in casual clothing on a coastal golf course, including a yellow shirt and white cap, with golf bags at left and the sea beyond. — Players and onlookers facing the ocean.

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