Mendocino California USA-1980: Coast Guard Sign By Lighthouse Overlooking The Ocean

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

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Coast Guard Sign By Lighthouse Overlooking The Ocean — Clip Details

MENDOCINO CALIFORNIA USA-1980: A vintage 8mm home movie captures the iconic Point Arena Lighthouse perched on a rugged cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The scene opens with a Coast Guard sign in the foreground, establishing the location as Light Station Point Arena. The camera then pans across the dramatic coastline, showing waves crashing against dark rocks under a clear sky. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color saturation of 8mm film from the 1980s, offering authentic archival footage of this historic California landmark.

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: 123110208

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: Yes
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: Supports 1980s archival requests for California coastal landmarks, lighthouse establishing shots, and documentary inserts about Pacific shoreline travel or navigation sites.
Period detail: The 8mm color, roadside Coast Guard sign, and visitor framing may show a late-20th-century view of Point Arena Light Station in Mendocino County.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, moving from a location sign to the lighthouse and ocean as a traveler records the landmark from public viewpoints.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Coast Guard sign, white lighthouse tower, small station buildings, rocky cliffs, Pacific surf, open horizon, and clear sky.
Film character: The footage has 8mm grain, saturated coastal blues, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, coastal transition, lighthouse cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a California travel sequence.
Historical context: The frames place the lighthouse within a rugged coastal setting and show how visitors visually associated the site with Coast Guard presence and shoreline scenery.
Research note: No people are visible, but the Coast Guard insignia and identifiable lighthouse location may require review for trademark, government emblem, and location-use context.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1980s 8mm Point Arena Lighthouse footage, Mendocino coast home movie, Coast Guard sign by lighthouse, and California Pacific surf cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1980 Mendocino or Point Arena scenes, then broader California lighthouse and rocky coast material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1980 8mm frame of a Coast Guard Light Station Point Arena sign with the lighthouse and station buildings beyond it. — Coast Guard sign establishes Point Arena Light Station with the lighthouse in the background.

1980 8mm frame with a partial dissolve or overlap between the Coast Guard sign, Point Arena Lighthouse, and Pacific surf. — A film overlap blends the sign and lighthouse with surf breaking along the rocks.

1980 8mm view of Point Arena Lighthouse above a rugged Mendocino coastline with waves breaking on dark rocks. — The camera looks along the rocky coast toward the lighthouse on the cliff edge.

1980 8mm wide coastal view with Point Arena Lighthouse at right, Pacific waves below, and a clear horizon beyond. — A wider shoreline view frames the lighthouse above breaking waves and coastal rocks.

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