Central Coast California USA-1973: Couple Sitting In Sun With Woman Adjusting Sunglasses

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

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Couple Sitting In Sun With Woman Adjusting Sunglasses — Clip Details

A vintage 1973 home movie clip from the Central Coast of California, featuring a man and woman relaxing on a sunny patio. The man, wearing a yellow and green plaid shirt and dark trousers, sits in a modern chair while the woman, in a white blouse, red pants, and white sunglasses, adjusts her glasses under a yellow and white umbrella. The scene captures mid-century modern design with retro furniture and bright, saturated colors, showcasing a candid moment of domestic leisure in a classic 8mm film style.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 120955152

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: 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: This 1973 Central Coast California 8mm home-movie clip supports archival requests for 1970s domestic leisure, patio life, and informal couple portraits in documentary or period-context edits.
Period detail: Visible era clues include white sunglasses, bright red trousers, plaid menswear, metal patio chairs, and a yellow-and-white umbrella that may show early 1970s residential outdoor style.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment as the seated woman adjusts or removes her sunglasses while the man sits nearby and faces the camera in direct sun.
What appears in frame: The frames show a seated man and woman, patio chairs, a concrete walkway, lawn, house siding and windows, a yellow-and-white umbrella, and strong midday shadows.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure contrast, and a steady home-movie framing that gives the patio scene physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, domestic cutaway, memory beat, or visual bridge for 1970s California family leisure.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual outdoor home life and mid-century-influenced patio design without establishing a public event, named location, or broader social claim.
Research note: People are clearly visible, so likeness review may be needed, while no visible logos or audible music are indicated and copyright clearance remains separate from personal rights considerations.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1970s California home movie couple on patio, 8mm woman sunglasses umbrella, vintage domestic leisure footage, and Central Coast California 1973 home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1973 Central Coast California home movies, and then with broader 1970s patio, couple, sunglasses, or domestic leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1973 Central Coast California home-movie frame, a man in a plaid shirt and a woman in white sunglasses sit on patio chairs in bright sun. — Couple seated on a sunny patio.

The man faces the camera while the woman sits with white sunglasses and red pants on a sunny residential patio in the 1973 California home-movie scene. — Woman in sunglasses seated beside man.

In bright patio light, the woman appears to handle her sunglasses while seated beside a man in plaid, with lawn, chairs, and house windows behind them. — Woman handling sunglasses on patio.

The woman holds her sunglasses and turns toward the seated man, with the yellow-and-white umbrella and residential patio setting still visible. — Couple seated as woman turns toward man.

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