Big Sur California USA-1980: Violet And Yellow Flowers Bloom In Grey Soil On A

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

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Violet And Yellow Flowers Bloom In Grey Soil On A — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Big Sur, California, 1980, showcasing vibrant wildflowers blooming in the dry, grey soil of a sunlit hillside. The clip features close-up shots of purple lupine and bright yellow desert daisies with detailed petals and stems, captured with natural film grain and soft focus typical of Super 8 footage. The natural setting and warm sunlight evoke a nostalgic, classic California landscape from the 1980s.

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: 122856530

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1980s Big Sur home-movie wildflower footage suited for nature, California landscape, seasonal ecology, or memory-based documentary cutaways.
Period detail: The frames show close-up wildflowers on dry grey soil, with the 1980 date and Big Sur location supported by clip metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The short handheld close-ups suggest a traveler or family filmmaker pausing to notice hillside flowers rather than staging a formal nature study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include purple lupine-like blooms, yellow daisy-like flowers, grey dirt, broad green leaves, stems, hillside texture, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, slight blur, and contact-print framing that give the footage a period home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, seasonal transition, nature cutaway, or reflective memory beat within a California or road-trip sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents wildflowers in a coastal California landscape setting without showing people, buildings, signage, or identifiable public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though users should still assess copyright, collection permissions, and botanical identification claims separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1980s 8mm Big Sur wildflowers, California home movie flowers, purple and yellow blooms on dry soil, and vintage nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1980 Big Sur material, then broader California wildflower or vintage nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close-up 1980 Big Sur home-movie frame of a purple wildflower in dry grey soil, softly focused with dark 8mm frame edges. — Purple wildflower seen close to the ground in dry hillside soil.

Yellow wildflowers and broad green leaves appear on grey hillside soil in 1980 Big Sur 8mm home-movie footage. — Yellow flowers blooming in a dry, sunlit patch of soil.

Handheld 8mm close-up of yellow wildflowers with broad leaves on dry grey ground, supported as Big Sur, California, 1980. — A dense cluster of yellow blooms covers the lower hillside frame.

Vintage 8mm frame of yellow wildflowers on dry Big Sur soil, with soft motion blur and visible film-frame borders. — Yellow wildflowers remain in view as the handheld camera holds close.

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