California USA-1971: A Group Of Women Are Sitting Around Under An Umbrella And Chatting

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 California

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A Group Of Women Are Sitting Around Under An Umbrella... — Clip Details

A group of women in 1970s attire gather for a casual outdoor social event in California, seated on folding chairs beneath a large patio umbrella. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures their relaxed conversation in a sun-dappled backyard setting with lush green trees. The women wear colorful dresses and sunglasses, embodying classic 1970s fashion. The film exhibits natural grain and slight color fading, characteristic of vintage home movie footage from the era. The scene transitions to a close-up of a carved wooden mask, suggesting a cultural or decorative element within the gathering.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123055611

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1758 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: III-02,sacto state
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: california,sacramento
Date: 1971 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: 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 1970s California home-movie requests needing informal women’s social life, backyard gathering atmosphere, or a brief decorative-object cutaway.
Period detail: The women’s dresses, sunglasses, folding chairs, patio umbrella, and 8mm color stock support an early 1970s domestic outdoor setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment of adults seated in conversation, observed from a casual home-movie distance before cutting to a close view of a carved mask.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include women in summer dresses, sunglasses, folding lawn chairs, a large patio umbrella, green shrubs, lawn, and a carved wooden mask.
Film character: The footage has 8mm grain, soft focus, modest color shift, and slight exposure variation that give the scene a tactile home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert for women’s social gatherings, a memory beat, or a transition from backyard conversation to domestic decor.
Historical context: The scene reflects a casual adult outdoor gathering in California, with clothing and lawn furniture consistent with early 1970s home-movie social footage.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or music are indicated, but copyright and any personal-rights clearance should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 California 8mm women chatting outdoors, backyard social gathering, vintage patio umbrella, and home-movie carved mask cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other California 1971 home movies, then broader 1970s outdoor social and domestic decor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 California home-movie frame of women in summer dresses seated under a patio umbrella in a green outdoor setting. — Women sit and talk beneath a patio umbrella in a backyard-like outdoor space.

Women in 1970s attire sit together beneath a patio umbrella in a California outdoor home-movie scene. — The seated group remains gathered under the umbrella, with trees and lawn behind them.

Close-up home-movie frame of a carved wooden mask, softly focused with visible 8mm color grain. — A close view shows the carved mask’s eyes, nose, and polished surface.

A second close-up of the carved wooden mask shows the face-like form in soft 8mm focus. — The mask remains centered in close-up, emphasizing the carved facial features.

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