Big Sur California USA-1980: Purple Iris Flower in Lush Green Leaves

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Purple Iris Flower in Lush Green Leaves — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Big Sur, California, 1980, showcasing a close-up of a vibrant purple iris flower blooming among lush green leaves. The film captures the natural beauty of the coastal landscape with soft focus and subtle camera movement, highlighting the delicate petals and rich coloration of the flower. The footage exhibits classic 1980s Super 8 film grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, nostalgic projects, or nature-themed content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122855944

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 nature, California travel, botanical, or home-movie sequences needing a brief 8mm close-up of a purple iris in coastal vegetation.
Period detail: The frames show analog 8mm color rendering, soft focus, and handheld close-up framing consistent with the supplied 1980 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor or amateur naturalist perspective, lingering on a flower rather than presenting a formal botanical study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a purple iris bloom, broad green leaves, thin grass-like stems, dark surrounding foliage, film gate edges, and a pale landscape glimpse.
Film character: The footage carries visible grain, uneven exposure, saturated purple color, soft focus, and handheld reframing typical of scanned small-gauge film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature cutaway, quiet transition, seasonal insert, or memory beat within a Big Sur or California travel sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents casual attention to roadside or garden-like coastal flora in a home-movie travel context without showing people or built landmarks.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright status and any location or plant-identification needs.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1980 8mm Big Sur purple iris, California wildflower home movie, vintage coastal nature close-up, and Super 8 flower cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1980 Big Sur material, then related California nature or flower close-ups.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft, faded 8mm frame from the supplied 1980 Big Sur clip, showing a pale landscape or hillside before the flower close-ups. — A washed, green-tinted opening frame gives a brief glimpse of distant terrain.

Purple iris in Big Sur, California, shown among broad leaves and darker vegetation in a soft 1980 8mm close-up. — The camera settles on a purple iris bloom amid dense green leaves.

A wider 1980 8mm view of the purple iris, with surrounding leaves, stems, and shadowed vegetation filling the Big Sur nature shot. — A wider flower view shows the iris framed by overlapping leaves and stems.

Tight, soft-focus 8mm close-up of purple iris petals and dark leaves from the supplied 1980 Big Sur home-movie footage. — The final frame moves closer to the iris petals, with the background falling into shadow.

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