California USA-1952: Lone Cypress Tree On Cliff Overlooking Pacific Ocean

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Lone Cypress Tree On Cliff Overlooking Pacific Ocean — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1952 capturing the iconic Lone Cypress tree perched on a rocky cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in California. The clip shows the distinctive tree swaying gently in the coastal wind, with waves crashing against the shore below. Shot through a wooden railing, the footage features classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections. The blue ocean stretches to the horizon under a hazy sky, with distant mountains visible. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of the California coastline in the early 1950s, perfect for historical documentaries, travel content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 122619948

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 1234 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: miss universe
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1952 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: 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: 1950s California coastal home-movie footage suited to documentary inserts about Pacific scenery, roadside tourism, or archival travel memory.
Period detail: The visitor viewpoint, wooden overlook rail, faded color, and 8mm texture support an early-1950s home-movie reading without adding more specific claims.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a visitor pausing at a scenic overlook to record the cypress, surf, rocks, and distant coast from behind a railing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wind-shaped cypress, rocky cliff, blue Pacific water, white surf, hazy distant shoreline, wooden railing, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The footage shows soft focus, visible grain, color fading, mild gate weave, dark borders, and exposure shifts typical of scanned 8mm reversal film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief scenic insert, coastal transition, travel-memory cutaway, or quiet establishing beat for mid-century California material.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century leisure filming of a recognizable California coastal view, with the camera emphasizing landscape rather than people or activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but landmark, location, copyright, and any property-related uses should still be reviewed for the project.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1950s California coast 8mm, Lone Cypress home movie, Pacific cliff cypress, vintage Monterey coastline, and coastal travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel California travel shots, then with 1952 coastal or Monterey-area footage, then with broader Pacific landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California 8mm frame showing a cypress on a rocky Pacific cliff, with surf below and a wooden overlook railing in front. — A cypress stands on a rocky cliff above the Pacific, framed by a wooden overlook rail.

1952 California coastal view of the cypress and rocky point over blue Pacific water, filmed from behind a wooden railing. — The cypress and rock formation appear against blue water and a hazy distant coast.

1952 California 8mm frame with the cypress and cliff filling more of the view, ocean water behind, and railing across the foreground. — The camera holds closer on the cypress and cliff, with the Pacific filling the background.

1952 California coastal frame showing jagged rocks, the cypress, and blue Pacific water, with a wooden rail cutting across the foreground. — Jagged rocks, the cypress, and open water are seen behind the foreground railing.

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