California USA-1971: Mountains Land And A Building

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 California

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

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

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

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.

Mountains Land And A Building — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a rustic wooden building nestled in a mountainous landscape. The structure, possibly a lodge or cabin, features a sloped roof and a sign reading "MT. LEMMON". Surrounding the building is dense forest and rocky terrain, with a winding dirt path visible through the arid, scrub-covered hills. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American outdoor experience.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 125064504

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 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 context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

view
mountain
land
tress
building
nature
mountains
california USA
1971
1971 home movie footage
vintage 8mm film
California mountains
Mt. Lemmon
rustic cabin
mountain lodge
retro outdoor scene
Super 8 film
archival footage
vintage nature
1970s home movie
mountain landscape
dirt road
forested hills
old film grain
Americana nostalgia
vintage travel
mountain retreat
8mm home movie
vintage documentary

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s archival requests needing brief 8mm mountain-travel cutaways, rustic roadside buildings, or arid hillside landscape coverage.
Period detail: The 1971 date is supported by metadata, while the visible wooden building, painted sign, and soft 8mm color may show early-1970s visitor travel footage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, briefly observing a mountain building and then nearby scrub-covered slopes from a handheld position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rustic wooden structure, a partial sign reading MT. LEMMON, forest edge, rocky hillsides, pale dirt roads, scrub vegetation, and tall cactus-like plants.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, muted color, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as original physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, travel-memory transition, roadside-landscape cutaway, or visual bridge between mountain recreation scenes.
Historical context: The views suggest recreational travel through mountainous, arid terrain, with roadside services and winding access roads visible but no people or activity shown.
Research note: No people are visible, but the readable place sign or building signage may require review; copyright, trademark, and property concerns should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1971 8mm mountain travel footage, vintage roadside lodge sign, arid hillside road, home movie landscape, and Mt. Lemmon sign.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with footage from the same stated location and year, then with 1970s mountain travel or roadside landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 8mm frame of a rustic wooden building in a mountainous setting, with trees behind it and a partial sign reading MT. LEMMON. — Rustic mountain building with a partial MT. LEMMON sign and forested slope behind it.

1971 8mm view of a dry mountain slope with pale winding roads, scrub vegetation, and tall cactus-like plants in the foreground. — Winding dirt roads cross a dry, scrub-covered mountain slope.

1971 8mm mountain landscape showing winding pale roads, scrub-covered slopes, tall cactus-like plants, and a small light structure below. — Scrub-covered hillside with winding roads and a small light structure near the bottom of the frame.

1971 8mm wide view of arid mountain terrain with intersecting dirt roads, scrub growth, and a small pale structure at lower left. — Wide mountain landscape with intersecting pale roads through dry scrub terrain.

Visually Similar Clips