Mendocino California USA-1980: The Wrath Of Hurricane Johnny

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

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The Wrath Of Hurricane Johnny — Clip Details

MENDOCINO CALIFORNIA USA-1980: A vintage 8mm home movie captures the Mendocino Lighthouse standing tall against a moody, overcast sky. The white lighthouse and adjacent keeper's house are perched on a rugged cliff overlooking the turbulent Pacific. Waves crash violently against dark, jagged rocks along the shoreline, with white foam churning in the surf. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural grain and a slightly faded color palette characteristic of 1980s home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse of coastal life and nature's power.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123110235

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 1980s California coastal archive requests needing 8mm lighthouse exteriors, stormy Pacific surf, or rugged shoreline atmosphere for documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft contrast, and faded palette support a 1980 home-movie period reading, while the visible lighthouse, keeper buildings, utility poles, and rocky coast anchor the scene visually.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot landmark perspective, observing the lighthouse from a distance and then turning attention to waves breaking over the rocks below.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white lighthouse tower, adjacent low buildings, utility poles, cliff grass, dark shoreline rocks, white surf, an overcast sky, and distant coastal horizon.
Film character: The footage shows modest 8mm grain, slightly faded color, soft focus, and subdued exposure that give the coastal scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a coastal cutaway, weather transition, lighthouse establishing insert, or brief memory beat before or after ocean-storm material.
Historical context: The frames place a coastal navigation landmark within a rugged Northern California shoreline setting, emphasizing ocean force and public scenic travel rather than a staged event.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but users should still verify footage copyright and any location or landmark permissions needed for their intended use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1980 8mm Mendocino lighthouse footage, California coast home movie, vintage Pacific surf, rocky shoreline waves, and lighthouse cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1980 Mendocino or California coast footage, then broader lighthouse, storm surf, or rugged shoreline themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1980 8mm view of a Mendocino, California lighthouse and adjacent buildings seen from across a grassy cliff under an overcast sky. — Lighthouse and keeper buildings stand above the coast beneath a moody sky.

The Mendocino coastal lighthouse complex appears in a steady 8mm frame, with the tower, low buildings, poles, and dark horizon visible. — The lighthouse complex is framed from a distance across the coastal bluff.

A closer 1980 8mm frame shows the white Mendocino lighthouse tower rising beside low buildings on the coastal cliff. — The lighthouse tower dominates the frame beside small white buildings.

Foamy Pacific surf breaks across dark rocks on the Mendocino coast, with the lighthouse faintly visible in the far distance. — Heavy surf churns around jagged rocks below the distant lighthouse.

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