Mauna Ulu Hawaii-1971: Lava Shooting Up In Volcanic Eruption

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationMauna Ulu, Hawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 Mauna Ulu Hawaii

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Lava Shooting Up In Volcanic Eruption — Clip Details

MAUNA ULU HAWAII-1971: This 8mm home movie captures a dramatic volcanic eruption with molten lava shooting high into the air, illuminating the sky in fiery orange and yellow hues. The footage shows a rural settlement with simple buildings and palm trees silhouetted against the explosive eruption. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the clip features authentic grain, color fading, and film scratches, offering a raw, unfiltered look at a powerful natural event. The sequence conveys the awe and danger of the eruption, with the camera capturing the event from a distance, emphasizing the scale and intensity of the lava plume.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124348309

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1971 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Mauna Ulu, Hawaii, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s archive requests needing visitor-shot Hawaiian volcano eruption footage for documentary, science, education, or disaster-context edits.
Period detail: The faded 8mm color, soft exposure, roofline, and tropical foliage support a 1971 home-movie view near Mauna Ulu, without identifying specific structures.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a distant observer’s perspective, holding on the eruption and nearby silhouettes rather than staging action or directing subjects.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale smoke or haze, a roof edge, dense foliage, dark palm fronds, a silhouetted structure, and a bright lava fountain.
Film character: The clip carries an 8mm home-movie texture with heavy grain, color shift, scratches, soft focus, and uneven exposure during the bright eruption.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short eruption insert, science-history cutaway, hazard transition, or memory beat within a Hawaii or volcano sequence.
Historical context: The frames visually place a volcanic eruption near a rural or lightly built tropical setting, emphasizing distance, scale, and environmental force.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 Mauna Ulu 8mm eruption footage, Hawaii lava fountain home movie, vintage volcano footage, and Super 8 volcanic activity.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1971 Mauna Ulu or Hawaii material, then broader lava, geology, and natural-disaster footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Mauna Ulu home-movie frame with soft foliage, a roof edge, and pale volcanic haze in faded 8mm color. — Foliage and a roof edge sit below pale volcanic haze.

Faded 8mm view near Mauna Ulu with foliage, pale haze, and a dark roof shape at the edge of the frame. — A hazy view shows foliage and a dark roof shape near the frame edge.

1971 Mauna Ulu 8mm frame with vegetation, a roofline, and pale volcanic haze softened by film exposure. — Vegetation and roofline are partly obscured by pale haze.

1971 Mauna Ulu eruption frame showing a bright lava fountain behind dark roof and palm silhouettes in faded 8mm color. — A bright lava fountain rises behind silhouetted roofline and palm fronds.

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