Big Sur California USA-1980: Yellow Wildflower With Green Foliage Background

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

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Yellow Wildflower With Green Foliage Background — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Big Sur, California, 1980, showcasing a close-up of a yellow wildflower with broad green leaves growing in sandy soil. The flower stands out against a dense background of low-lying green shrubs and grasses, with a soft, natural light illuminating the scene. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation typical of 1980s home movies, offering authentic archival footage for nature documentaries, nostalgic projects, or vintage Americana content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122856201

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 nature requests needing a brief 8mm close-up of coastal vegetation or a yellow wildflower cutaway.
Period detail: The frame offers few date-specific clues beyond the 8mm home-movie texture and supplied 1980 Big Sur metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The close framing and simple plant study suggest an unstaged home-movie observation of roadside or trail-side nature.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small yellow flower, broad gray-green leaves, sandy soil, low shrubs, grasses, and sunlit ground texture.
Film character: The clip carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, mild color shift, and slight handheld framing typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature insert, quiet transition, seasonal cutaway, or memory beat within a California travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a casual 1980 home-movie view of Big Sur plant life without identifiable people, structures, or public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright ownership and any location-use requirements.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1980 8mm Big Sur wildflower footage, California coastal plants, yellow flower close-up, and vintage home-movie nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1980 Big Sur footage, then broader California nature or wildflower material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1980 Big Sur 8mm frame showing a small yellow wildflower partly at lower left amid gray-green leaves, grasses, and sandy soil. — A yellow wildflower appears near the edge of a sandy patch with low coastal vegetation behind it.

1980 Big Sur 8mm frame with a yellow wildflower and broad gray-green foliage against sandy ground and dense low vegetation. — The yellow flower is more centered, with broad leaves set against low shrubs and grasses.

1980 Big Sur 8mm frame showing the wildflower plant lower in frame, with gray-green leaves, grasses, and rough sandy soil behind it. — A close plant study shows the flower and leaves below a textured background of shrubs and sand.

1980 Big Sur 8mm frame showing a yellow wildflower on a leafy plant, surrounded by grasses and low sandy coastal vegetation. — The final frame holds on the flowering plant amid low green growth and pale sandy ground.

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