Mendocino California USA-1980: Two Pelicans Hovering Over The Sandy Coastline

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Year1980
Decade1980s
LocationMendocino, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1980 Mendocino California

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Two Pelicans Hovering Over The Sandy Coastline — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1980, this vintage home movie captures two pelicans gliding low over the sandy shoreline of Mendocino, California. The birds hover just above the breaking waves, their dark silhouettes contrasting against the churning ocean and pale sand. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and a nostalgic, slow-paced quality, evoking a serene coastal moment from the era. The camera remains steady, focusing on the natural movement of the wildlife against the rhythmic surf.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Slow motion
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123108866

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: Mendocino, 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 requests needing 1980s 8mm coastal wildlife footage from Northern California as a documentary insert, nature cutaway, or quiet shoreline memory beat.
Period detail: The visible period detail is mainly the 8mm home-movie texture and soft coastal exposure, with no buildings, clothing, vehicles, or signs to independently date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged home-movie perspective, holding on pelicans gliding over surf and sand without narration, posing, or directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pelicans in low flight, a sandy beach, breaking surf, blue-green ocean water, dark frame borders, and soft film grain.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, muted coastal color, slight softness, and steady framing that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm coastal cutaway, wildlife insert, transition between shoreline scenes, or reflective memory beat.
Historical context: The scene documents a quiet coastal wildlife moment at Mendocino, with pelicans moving near the surf and no visible human activity or built environment.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright and any location or wildlife-use requirements should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1980 8mm Mendocino pelicans, vintage California beach wildlife, home movie ocean birds, and Super 8 coastal shoreline footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Mendocino 1980 footage, then broader California coast or seabird home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two pelicans glide above the sandy Mendocino shoreline, with breaking surf and blue-green ocean visible on 8mm film. — Pelicans pass low over sand and surf along the Mendocino coast.

Pelicans appear near the surf line over a broad sandy Mendocino beach, framed by dark 8mm film edges. — The birds continue along the shoreline with waves breaking in the background.

Two pelicans move across the frame over pale sand and churning surf in this 1980 Mendocino 8mm shot. — Two pelicans cross the beach view above the surf.

The final frame shows Mendocino shoreline, ocean water, and pelicans near the distant surf on soft 8mm film. — Pelicans remain near the surf as the frame opens onto water and sand.

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