Calico California-1966: White Cross on Barren Hilltop at Calico Cemetery

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationCalico, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 California

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White Cross on Barren Hilltop at Calico Cemetery — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures the Calico Cemetery entrance in Silver Lake, California. A weathered wooden sign arches over a dirt path leading to a barren hilltop where a white cross stands prominently against the rocky landscape. The arid desert terrain, sparse vegetation, and distant mountain with 'CALICO' lettering evoke a sense of quiet history and Americana. The footage shows slight camera movement and natural film grain, preserving the authentic look of a mid-century home movie.

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: 124059330

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 1106 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: wedding,vacation
Reel-level year note: 1966
Reel-level location note: danville,illinois,california
Date: 1966 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: Calico, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s archival requests needing a brief desert cemetery landmark view, religious roadside imagery, or a Western Americana cutaway from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage, handheld framing, arched wooden sign, dirt path, and barren hillside setting support a mid-1960s visitor-shot view of Calico Cemetery.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor's observational perspective, pausing on the cemetery entrance sign and hilltop cross rather than staging an event or performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Calico Cemetery sign, wooden posts, dirt path, white hilltop cross, rocky desert ground, sparse shrubs, low stone borders, and distant mountains.
Film character: Natural grain, soft focus, slight handheld drift, uneven exposure, and muted color give the scan the texture of original 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short establishing insert, reflective transition, place marker, or memory beat around desert travel, cemetery visits, or Americana themes.
Historical context: The footage visually situates a cemetery entrance and hilltop cross within an arid California desert landscape, without showing people, ceremonies, or active burial activity.
Research note: No people are visible, but the named cemetery sign, religious imagery, and possible landmark identification should be reviewed for copyright, location, and property considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960s 8mm Calico Cemetery footage, desert cemetery sign, hilltop cross home movie, Silver Lake California archive, and Western Americana cemetery view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1966 Silver Lake or Calico-area footage, then with desert landmarks, cemeteries, crosses, and roadside Americana.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 8mm frame of the Calico Cemetery entrance sign with wooden posts, a dirt path, rocky hillside, and white cross in the distance. — Calico Cemetery entrance sign frames a dirt path leading toward a white cross on the hillside.

Visitor-shot 1966 view of the Calico Cemetery sign, desert path, hillside cross, rocky terrain, and distant mountain backdrop. — The cemetery sign remains centered above the desert path and hilltop cross.

1966 8mm frame showing the Calico Cemetery sign cropped close, with a dirt approach, wooden posts, mountain lettering, and hilltop cross. — A closer pass under the cemetery sign shows the path, posts, and cross beyond.

1966 8mm view inside or near Calico Cemetery, showing rocky gravesite terrain, wooden markers, sparse desert plants, and a white cross on the hill. — The camera looks past rocky ground and wooden markers toward the white cross on the hill.

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