Mendocino California USA-1980: An Ugly Goat Mask on a Pole

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

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An Ugly Goat Mask on a Pole — Clip Details

A weathered, grotesque mask resembling a goat or ram with a wide-open mouth and protruding tongue, perched on a pole in a sun-drenched outdoor setting. The mask wears a white hat and has shaggy, frayed material for hair, showing signs of age and exposure. Green trees and foliage fill the background, suggesting a garden or yard. Shot on 8mm film in 1980, this vintage home movie clip captures a quirky, unsettling Halloween decoration with rich color saturation and film grain, evoking a nostalgic, slightly eerie Americana feel.

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: 123109875

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: 1980s 8mm home-movie cutaway for productions needing an eccentric outdoor folk-art or Halloween-like decoration in Mendocino, California.
Period detail: The 8mm color, hard sunlight, and weathered handmade mask may show late-20th-century yard decoration or festival ephemera rather than a formal public landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a visitor or family member pausing on an odd object of interest, holding close on the mask rather than staging an action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a grotesque goat-like mask, protruding tongue, white hat, shaggy frayed hair, support pole, dark tree shade, sunlit foliage, and garden objects.
Film character: The footage carries saturated 8mm color, visible grain, strong contrast, slight softness, and handheld framing that support its home-movie archive character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, eerie transition, eccentric Americana cutaway, or memory beat within a sequence about local decoration or roadside oddities.
Historical context: The scene documents a quirky outdoor decorative object in a California coastal setting, with no visible people or readable signs to identify a specific event.
Research note: No people, brands, or readable logos are visible, but copyright in the footage and any property or artwork rights in the mask should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1980 8mm Mendocino home movie mask on pole, vintage Halloween decoration, goat mask yard art, and strange outdoor Americana cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1980 Mendocino material, then clips of handmade decorations, Halloween objects, or unusual yard art.

Still Frames From This Clip

1980 8mm frame from Mendocino showing a weathered goat-like mask on a pole, wearing a white hat with foliage behind it. — Close view of a weathered goat-like mask with tongue extended in a sunlit outdoor setting.

Mendocino 1980 home-movie frame showing the same grotesque animal mask on a pole against dark trees and garden foliage. — The mask remains centered, its open mouth and tongue catching bright sunlight against shaded greenery.

1980 Mendocino 8mm frame with a close view of a shaggy goat-like mask decoration, white hat, and sunlit plants behind it. — A closer angle emphasizes the mask's frayed hair, broad snout, and tongue-like protrusion.

Final 1980 Mendocino frame showing the animal-like pole-mounted mask in bright sun, with green foliage and deep shade behind. — The clip ends on the odd pole-mounted mask, partly overexposed by direct sunlight.

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