Big Sur California USA-1980: Alligator Juniper Tree Identification Sign

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

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Alligator Juniper Tree Identification Sign — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Big Sur, California, 1980, showing a green informational sign mounted on a tree trunk. The sign identifies a Juniperus deppeana steud var. pachyphlaea (Torr) Martinez, labeled as 'Alligator Juniper' in bold white text. The tree's rough, textured bark is prominent, and the natural outdoor setting suggests a forest or park environment. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation typical of 1980s home movies, with slight camera shake and subtle focus shifts across the five frames. This archival clip captures a quiet, educational moment in a natural landscape.

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: 122857175

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 archival requests needing a quiet nature-education cutaway or botanical sign insert from visitor-shot 8mm footage.
Period detail: The green painted identification sign and saturated 8mm color may show a late-20th-century park or arboretum-style interpretive marker.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on the sign and tree bark from a visitor's close observational perspective rather than staging any action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the green Alligator Juniper sign, white scientific text, metal fasteners, deeply patterned bark, surrounding branches, and soft forest light.
Film character: The clip has handheld 8mm texture with visible grain, mild blur, uneven exposure, and small focus shifts across the tree-mounted sign.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a botanical insert, nature-trail transition, educational cutaway, or brief memory beat within a travel or landscape sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents how a tree species was identified for visitors in an outdoor natural setting, without showing people or organized activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but sign text, location context, copyright status, and any property permissions should still be checked.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1980 Big Sur 8mm tree sign footage, Alligator Juniper identification sign, vintage nature trail marker, and bark texture cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1980 Big Sur nature footage, then broader vintage botanical sign or forest texture material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1980 Big Sur 8mm frame showing a green Juniperus deppeana Alligator Juniper sign fastened to deeply textured bark. — Close-up of the Alligator Juniper identification sign on the tree trunk.

1980 Big Sur home-movie frame with the Alligator Juniper sign readable against the tree's patterned bark. — The tree identification sign remains centered against the bark.

Wider 1980 Big Sur 8mm view showing the small green Alligator Juniper marker on a large trunk with branches behind it. — Wider view of the sign mounted on the large bark-covered trunk.

1980 Big Sur frame with the Alligator Juniper sign smaller in view, surrounded by textured bark and soft forest detail. — The final frame pulls the sign into a wider wooded context.

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