Lake Tahoe California-1969: A Few Different Cliffs Made From Sheer Gray Colored

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationLake Tahoe, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Lake Tahoe California

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A Few Different Cliffs Made From Sheer Gray Colored — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a series of close-up views of sheer, gray rock cliffs at Lake Tahoe, California. The camera pans across the rugged, layered stone surfaces, highlighting natural textures and deep crevices. A glimpse of green foliage appears in one frame, contrasting with the dark, weathered rock. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and subtle color shifts, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This raw, unfiltered nature footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content about 1960s American landscapes.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124616307

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 1343 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #9,easter,grandma granpa visit,spring rainbow,opening day,little league,baseball
Reel-level year note: 1969
Reel-level location note: clarendon hills, illinois, woodland hills, california
Date: 1969 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: Lake Tahoe, 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: 1960s 8mm Lake Tahoe cliff footage for documentary cutaways, landscape context, or archival nature inserts.
Period detail: The frames mainly show rock faces and foliage, with the 1969 date supported by clip metadata rather than visible era-specific objects.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld camera studies cliff surfaces from a visitor's close, informal viewpoint rather than a staged scenic setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include sheer gray rock, dark crevices, layered stone faces, a narrow sky gap, evergreen silhouettes, and small green foliage.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, color shift, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief nature cutaway, transition, establishing texture, or reflective memory beat within a Lake Tahoe sequence.
Historical context: The clip records a 1969 home-movie view of Lake Tahoe geology without showing people, vehicles, signage, or built structures.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though copyright, location access, and broader project clearance should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 Lake Tahoe 8mm cliffs, vintage California rock formations, and home-movie mountain landscape footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Lake Tahoe footage, then broader vintage Western landscape or cliff imagery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lake Tahoe 8mm frame showing a close, handheld view of gray cliff rock with dark crevices and weathered layers. — Close-up cliff textures and vertical cracks fill the frame.

A Lake Tahoe cliff face appears in a 1969 8mm frame, with dark stone, a narrow vertical gap, and bright sky at the top. — Rock walls and a narrow dark gap create a steep cliff view.

Handheld 1969 Lake Tahoe footage frames a dark cliff wall beside bright sky and small evergreen silhouettes. — A high cliff edge is seen against bright sky and trees.

A 1969 Lake Tahoe 8mm frame shows gray rock slabs, a darker weathered face, and small green foliage at the base. — Gray cliff surfaces contrast with a small patch of green foliage.

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