Big Sur California USA-1980: Beautiful Blue and Black Bird Perched on Pine Tree

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

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Beautiful Blue and Black Bird Perched on Pine Tree — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Big Sur, California, 1980, capturing a stunning Steller's Jay perched in a pine tree. The bird displays vibrant blue plumage on its wings and tail, contrasting with its black body and distinctive mohawk-style crest. Shot in natural forest light, the footage shows the bird turning its head and cocking it, with lush green pine needles filling the background. The film exhibits authentic 8mm grain and soft focus, offering a nostalgic glimpse of California wildlife from the 1980s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122851372

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 California wildlife requests needing a brief 8mm cutaway of a Steller's jay in a forest setting.
Period detail: The visible period detail comes mainly from the soft 8mm color, grain, and home-movie framing rather than dated objects in the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer's feel, with the camera lingering as the bird turns and shifts among pine needles.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a crested blue-and-black bird, pine needles, branches, forest shade, soft green background, and film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, natural forest exposure, and slight handheld instability as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature insert, California wildlife cutaway, or quiet transition beat in a memory or travel sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a close home-movie view of wild birdlife in a coastal California forest environment without showing people or built landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but species identification, location metadata, and copyright licensing should still be checked.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1980 8mm Big Sur wildlife, Steller's jay in pine tree, California forest bird, and vintage home movie nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Big Sur 1980 material, then California forest wildlife or bird cutaways from similar home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

A Steller's jay appears perched in pine branches in Big Sur, California, in 1980 8mm home-movie footage. — Crested blue-and-black bird rests among pine needles in forest light.

The crested bird turns within pine branches, its blue wings and dark head visible in the 1980 Big Sur forest footage. — The bird turns its head while partially screened by pine needles.

A closer front-facing view shows the Steller's jay's crest, dark face, and blue body in soft 8mm forest light. — Front-facing view emphasizes the bird's crest and blue plumage.

Side profile of the crested bird against soft green forest background.

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