Skip to content
Stockfilm logo
Search
Create or manage projectsSave candidates first; license when your selection is ready.
Home / Clips / ...
Full catalog export
Skip to content
Stockfilm logo
Search
Create or manage projectsSave candidates first; license when your selection is ready.
Home/Browse/California USA-1971: Desert Landscape with Saguaro Cacti

California USA-1971: Desert Landscape with Saguaro Cacti

Catalog date: estimated · Catalog location: estimated. Review source evidence · Request a source quality check

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

  • Year1971
  • Decade1970s
  • LocationCalifornia, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1971 · California, United States
  • StatusDirect License

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Explore this year and place

Compare featured footage, popular clips and the full collection.

Same year and place1971 · California, United StatesExplore footage →Across the archiveFilmed in 1971Explore the year →Across the yearsCalifornia, United StatesExplore the place →

Desert Landscape with Saguaro Cacti — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a vast desert landscape in California. The footage features a prominent purple-hued mountain range under a pale gray sky, with saguaro cacti and sparse desert vegetation in the foreground. The camera pans slowly across the arid terrain, revealing the stark beauty of the Southwest. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color shifts, and age marks typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. This authentic archival footage evokes a sense of quiet isolation and mid-century Americana.

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
125064469

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 1758 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label
III-02,sacto state
Reel-level year note
1971
Reel-level location note
california,sacramento
Date
1971 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
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.

View source reel contextOpen Clip Documentation RecordRequest source information

Topics & Keywords

  • video
  • hill
  • cactus
  • gray
  • small tree
  • area
  • trees
  • tree
  • animals
  • wildlife
  • california USA
  • 1971
  • 1971 California desert footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Super 8 home movie
  • desert mountain landscape
  • saguaro cactus
  • arid terrain
  • purple mountains
  • 1970s home movie
  • archival footage
  • retro film
  • vintage film
  • old film
  • 8mm home movie
  • California USA 1971
  • desert scenery
  • vintage 1970s footage
  • nostalgic film
  • old home movie
  • 8mm film
  • vintage 8mm

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1970s 8mm desert landscape footage suited for documentary inserts, regional travel context, environmental cutaways, or quiet establishing shots of the American Southwest.
Period detail
The dated home-movie source supports a 1971 reading, while the visible scene offers sparse era clues beyond the 8mm color, grain, and handheld framing of a desert mountain view.
Home-movie behavior
The clip preserves a casual traveler or family-filmmaker view, pausing on mountains, cactus silhouettes, and open desert rather than staging action.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include purple-toned mountains, pale sky, saguaro cactus forms, low scrub, distant desert vegetation, soft horizon lines, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character
The footage has an 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, muted color shift, slight exposure variation, and frame-edge marks from the scan.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, transition, memory beat, or geographic cutaway for desert travel and Southwest landscape sequences.
Historical context
The scene visually situates a 1971 home-movie journey in arid Southwestern terrain, emphasizing open land, cactus growth, and mountain distance without identifiable landmarks.
Research note
No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, and any land-access or property questions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match
Useful search matches include 1971 8mm desert mountains, California home movie cactus landscape, vintage Southwest desert footage, and saguaro mountain cutaway.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1971 California or Southwest desert clips, and then with broader home-movie travel landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 8mm desert view in California showing a purple mountain range, pale sky, and sparse cactus forms in the foreground.

A broad desert mountain slope rises above low cactus and scrub vegetation.

License this still · $49
California desert landscape from a 1971 8mm home movie, with mountains, pale sky, scrub, and cactus silhouettes.

The pan continues across distant mountains and sparse desert vegetation.

License this still · $49
A muted 8mm frame of California desert scrub and a sloping mountain ridge, with cactus forms near the lower edge.

Low desert vegetation sits below a sloping mountain ridge in soft, grainy light.

License this still · $49
1971 California desert frame with a prominent saguaro-like cactus, low brush, distant mountains, and pale sky.

A tall cactus stands against distant hills and a washed pale sky.

License this still · $49

Visually Similar Clips

Explore related collections

Browse the same year and place, explore the decade, or compare the location in another year.

1971 California collection
Same year and place

1971 California

Browse collection →
1970s collection collection
Same decade

1970s collection

Browse collection →
1969 California collection
Same place, another year

1969 California

Browse collection →
1975 California collection
Same place, another year

1975 California

Browse collection →
← Previous in archiveCalifornia USA-1971: Saguaro Cacti in Desert with MountainsNext in archive →California USA-1971: Desert Landscape with Cacti and Dead Trees
Stockfilm logo

Real 8mm and Super 8 home movies restored for documentary, agency, museum, and production work. Preserving family film since 2015, and built to stay online for the next hundred years.

Explore

  • Browse
  • Still Images
  • Exclusive Film Reels
  • Curated Collections
  • Top 100 Clips
  • Comedies
  • By Decade
  • Archive Index

By Decade

  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s

License

  • Licensing Guide
  • Marketplaces
  • Compare Sources
  • Request Footage
  • AI Training Data
  • FAQ

Create

  • AI Clip Analyzer
  • Rough Cut Builder
  • Footage Brief
  • Can You Show It?
  • Project Boards
  • Filmmaker Tools
  • Documentary Grant

For Professionals

  • For Archival Producers
  • APA Member Benefit
  • Archive Integrity
  • Visual Memory Index
  • Archive Methodology
  • Licensing Guide
  • Submit a Production Brief
  • Contact Stockfilm

Learn

  • TimeFly: A Fly Brain Watches 1963
  • Blog
  • Visual Memory Index
  • Case Studies
  • Resources & Guides
  • How We Preserve

About

  • About Us
  • Speaking & Interviews
  • Press Kit
  • For Librarians
  • The 100-Year Commitment
  • Partner Program
  • Contact
  • Careers

Follow

FacebookXLinkedInYouTube
© 2026 Stockfilm, 2823 Callan Ct, Broomfield, Colorado 80023, USAFor AI AgentsDigital DeliveryReturns & RefundsPrivacy PolicyTerms & ConditionsCompliance

Same year and place

In the collection: 1971 · California, United States

1,017 clips from this year and place. A sample of the footage:

Browse this collection →
Lion Country Safari California-1971: Giraffe Illustration Above an Umfolozi River Sign

Lion Country Safari California-1971: Giraffe Illustration Above an Umfolozi River Sign

Filmed 1971$149 · Editorial only
Long Beach California-1971: Uniformed Tour Attendant Gesturing Beside an Entrance Sign

Long Beach California-1971: Uniformed Tour Attendant Gesturing Beside an Entrance Sign

Filmed 1971$149 · Editorial only
Lion Country Safari California-1971: Zebra-Painted Jeep Approaching Beside a Tall Wooden Fence

Lion Country Safari California-1971: Zebra-Painted Jeep Approaching Beside a Tall Wooden Fence

Filmed 1971$149 · Commercial
Lion Country Safari California-1971: Sign Advertising a Self Guided Safari Tape Tour

Lion Country Safari California-1971: Sign Advertising a Self Guided Safari Tape Tour

Filmed 1971$149 · Commercial
California-1971: Band, Singers in Plaid and Costumed Bird Mascot Perform on Stage

California-1971: Band, Singers in Plaid and Costumed Bird Mascot Perform on Stage

Filmed 1971$149 · Editorial only
Long Beach California-1971: Elevated Access Bridges Beside a Docked Ocean Liner

Long Beach California-1971: Elevated Access Bridges Beside a Docked Ocean Liner

Filmed 1971$149 · Commercial

Discover Related Footage

Same Location, Different Era

More from United States across other decades

Vermont USA-1984: Woman in Red Sweater Waving at Camera
Vermont USA-1984: Woman in Red Sweater Waving at Camera1984 · Vermont, United States$149 · Editorial only
Vermont USA-1984: Woman in Red Sweater Walking Through Yard
Vermont USA-1984: Woman in Red Sweater Walking Through Yard1984 · Vermont, United States$149 · Editorial only
Vermont USA-1984: Woman on Suburban Sidewalk
Vermont USA-1984: Woman on Suburban Sidewalk1984 · Vermont, United States$149 · Editorial only
Vermont USA-1984: Woman Walks Along Suburban Sidewalk
Vermont USA-1984: Woman Walks Along Suburban Sidewalk1984 · Vermont, United States$149 · Editorial only

Same Era, Different Location

1970s footage from around the world

Canada-1974: Ferry Queen of Vancouver with Lifeboats at Sea
Canada-1974: Ferry Queen of Vancouver with Lifeboats at Sea1974 · Canada$149 · Editorial only
Canada-1974: Smoke Rises from Ocean Liner's Funnel
Canada-1974: Smoke Rises from Ocean Liner's Funnel1974 · Canada$149 · Commercial
Canada-1974: Passengers on Ferry Deck
Canada-1974: Passengers on Ferry Deck1974 · Canada$149 · Editorial only
Canada-1974: Woman Walking on Ferry Deck at Dock
Canada-1974: Woman Walking on Ferry Deck at Dock1974 · Canada$149 · Editorial only

Most Similar Clips

1970s footage also from United States

Atlanta Georgia USA-1975: Family and Children Dancing at Picnic
Atlanta Georgia USA-1975: Family and Children Dancing at Picnic1975 · Atlanta, Georgia, United States$149 · Editorial only
Lake Tahoe Nevada USA-1973: Sahara Hotel with Elvis Advertisement Sign, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Lake Tahoe Nevada USA-1973: Sahara Hotel with Elvis Advertisement Sign, Lake Tahoe, Nevada1973 · Lake Tahoe, Nevada, United States$149 · Editorial only
Florida Everglades USA-1975: Glowing Underwater Marine Life in Aquarium
Florida Everglades USA-1975: Glowing Underwater Marine Life in Aquarium1975 · Everglades, Florida, United States$149 · Commercial
Central Coast California USA-1973: Couple Embracing by Bright Blue Slide
Central Coast California USA-1973: Couple Embracing by Bright Blue Slide1973 · Coast, California, United States$149 · Editorial only

You May Also Like

Clips with similar subjects and themes

Atlanta Georgia USA-1975: Family Walking and Taking Photos Outdoors
Atlanta Georgia USA-1975: Family Walking and Taking Photos Outdoors1975 · Atlanta, Georgia, United States$149 · Editorial only
Nevada USA-1959: VW Bus at Desert Inn Motel on Nevada Road
Nevada USA-1959: VW Bus at Desert Inn Motel on Nevada Road1959 · Nevada, United States$149 · Editorial only
Nevada USA-1960: White Object over Desert Landscape
Nevada USA-1960: White Object over Desert Landscape1960 · Nevada, United States$149 · Commercial
Oklahoma USA-1967: Grassland and Distant Hills from Moving Vehicle, Oklahoma
Oklahoma USA-1967: Grassland and Distant Hills from Moving Vehicle, Oklahoma1967 · Oklahoma, United States$149 · Commercial