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Mendocino California USA-1980: Secluded Sandy Beach With Sea Stacks On A Windy Day

  • Year1980
  • Decade1980s
  • LocationMendocino, California, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1980 Mendocino California
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Secluded Sandy Beach With Sea Stacks On A Windy Day — Clip Details

Mendocino California USA-1980: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a secluded sandy beach on a windy day, with waves crashing against a narrow sandbar and distant sea stacks. Tall grasses sway in the foreground, framing the coastal view. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and a subtle vertical line artifact typical of Super 8 film. The scene evokes a quiet, nostalgic atmosphere of a classic California coastline in the 1980s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
123108842

Rights & Clearance

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 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Mendocino, California, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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

  • beach
  • shore
  • vacation
  • waves
  • windy
  • secluded
  • exotic
  • sandy
  • day
  • nature
  • mendocino california USA
  • 1980
  • Mendocino California beach
  • 1980s coastal footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Super 8 home movie
  • windy beach day
  • sea stacks
  • sandbar
  • coastal waves
  • retro film
  • old film grain
  • nostalgic California
  • seaside nature
  • 1980s vacation
  • vintage home movie
  • archival footage
  • 8mm film
  • classic film
  • coastal landscape
  • seaside memory
  • vintage 1980s

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1980s California coast requests needing 8mm scenic shoreline footage for documentary, museum, education, or memory-sequence edits.

Still Frames From This Clip

Mendocino coastal view from 1980 8mm footage, with a sandy beach, surf lines, offshore rocks, and tall grasses in the foreground.
Windblown grasses frame a secluded beach, sandbar, surf, and distant sea stacks.

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