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Big Sur California USA-1980: Ocean Waves Gently Lapping onto Sandy Pebble Beach

  • Year1980
  • Decade1980s
  • LocationBig Sur, California, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1980 Big Sur California
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Ocean Waves Gently Lapping onto Sandy Pebble Beach — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Big Sur, California, 1980, showing a serene coastal landscape. The clip opens with a wide view of the Pacific Ocean, where gentle waves roll onto a sandy beach scattered with pebbles and rocks. A prominent green hillside rises in the background under a deep blue, cloudless sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections, capturing the nostalgic essence of a 1980s family vacation. The final frame focuses on the shoreline, highlighting wet sand and small stones at the water's edge. This authentic archival footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, and nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
122851788

Rights & Clearance

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 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Big Sur, California, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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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Topics & Keywords

  • cloudless
  • rocks
  • sparse
  • vegetation
  • serene
  • ocean
  • waves
  • gently
  • lapping
  • sandy
  • pebble
  • beach
  • blue
  • sky
  • hills
  • background
  • nature
  • big SUR california USA
  • 1980
  • 1980s beach footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Big Sur California
  • ocean waves
  • sandy beach
  • pebble shore
  • coastal landscape
  • 1980s home movie
  • retro film
  • archival footage
  • film grain
  • nostalgic scenery
  • California coastline
  • gentle waves
  • blue sky
  • green hills
  • old film
  • family vacation
  • vintage home movie
  • nature footage
  • vintage 1980s
  • California beach
  • archival 8mm
  • old film footage
  • vintage coastal
  • 1980s nostalgia
  • documentary footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for requests needing 1980s Big Sur coastal home-movie footage as a documentary insert, editorial cutaway, or quiet environmental transition.
Period detail
The footage shows a natural California shoreline in 1980, with period clues mainly from the 8mm color stock, grain, framing, and casual vacation-style camerawork.

Still Frames From This Clip

1980 8mm Big Sur coastal view with gentle surf, sandy shoreline, distant green hills, and a clear blue sky.
Waves roll toward a sandy Big Sur beach below green coastal hills.

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