Mendocino California USA-1980: Face Carved Into A Tree Overlooks The Ocean As Waves Crash

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

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Face Carved Into A Tree Overlooks The Ocean As Waves Crash — Clip Details

A close-up of a weathered wooden totem pole with a carved face, shot on 8mm film in 1980. The camera holds steady on the intricate details of the aged wood and the solemn expression. The scene transitions to crashing ocean waves against dark, jagged rocks, capturing the raw power of the sea. The footage features natural film grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, vintage aesthetic typical of home movies from the era. This archival clip evokes a sense of coastal history and natural beauty.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 123109192

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: 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: 1980s 8mm coastal California footage for productions needing a brief Mendocino-area insert linking hand-carved wood imagery with ocean surf.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly the 8mm color stock, soft exposure, and home-movie framing; the carved wooden face and rocky surf do not by themselves date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, pausing on a carved face before cutting to waves breaking over rocks rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a weathered carved wooden face, vertical dark frame edges, pale sky, foaming surf, dark coastal rocks, and spray from breaking waves.
Film character: The footage shows physical 8mm texture with noticeable grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and muted color that fits a home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a coastal cutaway, a transition from human-made carving to natural force, or a short memory beat in a California travel sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents a coastal visitor view in Mendocino, pairing a weathered outdoor carving with nearby rocky ocean surf without identifying a specific landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or interiors are visible, but copyright, location permissions, and any cultural or property associations with the carving should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1980 8mm Mendocino coast, California home movie ocean waves, carved wooden face by the sea, and vintage rocky shoreline footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1980 Mendocino or California coast footage, then broader themes of carved wood, shoreline, and surf.

Still Frames From This Clip

1980 8mm Mendocino-area frame showing a weathered carved wooden face in close-up with pale sky and dark film-edge borders. — A carved wooden face fills the frame beside a pale coastal sky.

1980 8mm Mendocino-area frame with a weathered carved wooden face overlooking foaming waves on dark rocks below. — The carved face appears above surf breaking against coastal rocks.

1980 8mm Mendocino-area frame showing white surf breaking across dark jagged rocks along the coastline. — Foaming waves surge across dark coastal rocks.

1980 8mm Mendocino-area frame with foaming ocean water rolling over dark shoreline rocks in close view. — A wave spreads white foam over the rocky shoreline.

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