Big Sur California USA-1980: Tree Trunk with Identification Label

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

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Tree Trunk with Identification Label — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Big Sur, California, 1980, showing a close-up of a large tree trunk with a green informational label attached. The camera slowly pulls back, revealing more of the tree's thick, textured bark and surrounding lush green foliage. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: soft focus, natural color saturation, and subtle grain. The scene captures a quiet moment in a natural setting, evoking a sense of nostalgia and connection to nature.

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: 122857398

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 Big Sur nature coverage needing a quiet 8mm cutaway of a labeled tree in a wooded setting.
Period detail: The green interpretive label and soft 8mm color may show a visitor-access nature area in Big Sur around 1980.
Home-movie behavior: The camera studies the tree label and then backs away, reflecting an unstaged visitor's attention to a notable natural specimen.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large textured tree trunk, green informational label, branching limbs, dense leaves, bright daylight, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, gentle handheld movement, visible grain, uneven exposure, and natural color typical of scanned 8mm home-movie footage.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a nature cutaway, location insert, contemplative transition, or memory beat within California travel or environmental sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents a quiet visitor view of labeled natural scenery without visible people, vehicles, buildings, or public event context.
Research note: No people or brands are visible, but the tree label text and site identification should be reviewed separately from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Researcher searches may include 1980 Big Sur 8mm tree label, California nature home movie, labeled tree trunk, and vintage wooded foliage cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Big Sur 1980 footage, then broader 8mm California nature or arboretum material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1980 Big Sur 8mm frame showing a soft-focus close view of a large tree trunk with a green informational label. — A green label is attached to the bark of a large tree in a leafy setting.

1980 Big Sur 8mm frame showing the labeled tree trunk slightly wider, with surrounding branches and green leaves. — The camera holds on the labeled trunk while more branches and foliage come into view.

1980 Big Sur 8mm frame showing a wider visitor-shot view of the labeled tree, textured bark, and surrounding canopy. — A wider view reveals the scale of the trunk and nearby branches around the label.

1980 Big Sur 8mm frame showing the labeled tree pulled back, with branching limbs and dense natural foliage. — The pullback ends on a broader view of the labeled tree and surrounding greenery.

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