Central Coast California USA-1973: View Of A Few Trees On A High Rock On The

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

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View Of A Few Trees On A High Rock On The — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1973 capturing the iconic Lone Cypress tree perched on a jagged rock formation along the Central Coast of California. The clip shows the tree swaying gently in the wind against a backdrop of the Pacific Ocean, viewed through surrounding cypress branches. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, muted colors, and natural lighting, with a yellow car briefly visible in one frame. This nostalgic, archival clip offers a timeless glimpse of California's rugged coastline and natural beauty.

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: 120954641

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 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 California home-movie footage suited for documentary inserts about Pacific shoreline travel, scenic overlooks, and visitor encounters with wind-shaped cypress trees.
Period detail: The muted color, 8mm frame texture, and brief glimpse of a yellow period car may show an early-1970s tourist viewpoint along the Central Coast of California.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, looking past foreground branches toward a landmark-like tree and rock formation rather than staging any human activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include windswept cypress trees, jagged coastal rock, the Pacific Ocean, dark foreground branches, a low stone or concrete wall, shrubs, and a briefly visible yellow car.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, slight gate softness, muted coastal color, and handheld framing that give the scenic view a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief scenic cutaway, travel-memory insert, coastal transition, or quiet natural-history beat between broader California shoreline material.
Historical context: The frames document a tourist-era view of California coastal scenery where natural rock formations, ocean haze, and roadside overlook elements share the frame.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but landmark, property, and copyright questions should still be reviewed separately from likeness clearance.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1970s 8mm California coast cypress tree, Central Coast rocky shoreline home movie, Pacific Ocean overlook vintage footage, and Lone Cypress-style scenic travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1973 Central Coast California material, and then with broader vintage coastal trees, ocean overlooks, and road-trip scenery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 8mm view of a wind-shaped cypress tree on a jagged Central Coast California rock formation above the Pacific Ocean, partly framed by nearby branches. — Cypress on coastal rock above the ocean.

A 1970s 8mm frame shows the cypress-topped coastal rock and hazy ocean background viewed from a shaded overlook on the Central Coast of California. — Cypress-topped rock viewed from the overlook.

The home-movie frame looks past branches toward the cypress and rocky shoreline, with part of a yellow car briefly visible near the lower left of the overlook. — Rocky coastal view with a yellow car at the edge.

A leaning cypress fills the frame against the Pacific Ocean, with roadside overlook details and part of a yellow car visible below in the 1973 California coastal footage. — Leaning cypress against the Pacific backdrop.

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