Big Sur California USA-1980: Butterfly and Big Sur Coastal Scenery

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Year1980
Decade1980s
LocationBig Sur, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1980 Big Sur California

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Butterfly and Big Sur Coastal Scenery — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Big Sur, California, 1980, showing a black butterfly with white and orange markings resting on dark, textured soil. The clip captures the delicate insect in natural light, with its wings spread, before transitioning to a scenic coastal view. The final frames reveal a dramatic Pacific coastline with deep blue water, rocky outcrops, and crashing waves under a clear sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and natural imperfections, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic 1980s home movie captures both wildlife and iconic California scenery.

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: 122850060

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 1466 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: cajon vs arlington
Reel-level year note: 1980
Reel-level location note: el cajon, california
Date: 1980 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: Big Sur, 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: Useful for 1980s documentary or editorial requests needing Big Sur coastal atmosphere with a brief wildlife cutaway from original 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The footage shows 1980 8mm color home-movie characteristics, with no visible vehicles, clothing, signage, or dated objects beyond the supplied year metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a casual visitor-shot perspective, lingering on a butterfly at ground level before shifting to a broad coastal view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black butterfly with white and orange markings, dark rocky soil, blue Pacific water, shoreline cliffs, offshore rocks, surf, and clear sky.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, saturated blues, and handheld framing consistent with physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature insert, coastal transition, travel-memory beat, or brief establishing cutaway for Big Sur in an archival sequence.
Historical context: The clip places small wildlife and Pacific shoreline scenery within a 1980 Big Sur home-movie travel context without showing people or built landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright licensing and any location or natural-history identification needs.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1980 Big Sur 8mm home movie, California coast archival footage, butterfly cutaway, Pacific shoreline, and vintage travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1980 Big Sur or California coast footage, then broader wildlife and seashore home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1980 Big Sur 8mm frame showing a black butterfly with white and orange markings on textured ground. — A butterfly rests on dark coastal soil in a close, softly focused home-movie frame.

Close 1980 Big Sur home-movie view of a butterfly on rough soil, with orange tips and white wing markings visible. — The butterfly remains on the ground, its markings catching bright natural light.

Underexposed 1980 Big Sur 8mm coastal view with blue water, rocky shoreline, and dark cliff shapes. — A dark coastal shot shows the Pacific and shoreline rocks through heavy blue exposure.

1980 Big Sur home-movie frame of deep blue Pacific water, rocky outcrops, breaking waves, and coastal cliffs. — The clip ends on a clearer coastal view with offshore rocks and white surf below the cliffs.

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