California USA-1971: Bare Tall Mountain Forest Flapping Vigorously In The Wind

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

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Bare Tall Mountain Forest Flapping Vigorously In The Wind — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a quiet desert landscape in California. The camera pans across sparse green shrubs and a barrel cactus, with a rocky mountain rising in the background. The wind moves through the foliage, causing the branches to sway gently. The footage shows natural film grain and color fading typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. This archival clip evokes a sense of peaceful exploration and Americana nostalgia.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125224945

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.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s California desert landscape requests needing quiet 8mm home-movie cutaways of windblown shrubs, cactus, and rocky mountains.
Period detail: The footage may show a 1971 visitor view of a California desert garden or natural area, with period clues mainly from the 8mm color stock, handheld framing, and faded palette.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged travel-film perspective, with the camera observing desert plants and mountains rather than arranging action or subjects.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include sparse green desert shrubs, sandy ground, a barrel cactus, bare branch forms, pale rocks, and a gray rocky mountain slope.
Film character: The scan carries soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and uneven handheld exposure that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a landscape insert, travel transition, environmental cutaway, or quiet memory beat in a California or desert sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a casual early-1970s home-movie view of arid California vegetation and mountain terrain without visible people, signage, or built landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, though users should still assess copyright status and any property or location-specific issues separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 8mm California desert landscape, vintage home movie cactus and mountains, and windblown desert shrubs archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel travel footage, then other 1971 California landscapes, then broader desert vegetation and mountain cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 California 8mm frame showing sparse desert vegetation, a barrel cactus, sandy paths, pale rocks, and a rocky mountain slope. — Desert plants and a barrel cactus sit below a rocky mountain slope.

1971 California 8mm frame with green desert shrubs in the foreground and a gray rocky mountain rising behind them. — Wind moves through desert shrubs beneath a rocky mountain backdrop.

Faded 1971 California home-movie frame showing desert vegetation and cactus forms at the base of a rocky mountain. — Soft-focus desert vegetation fills the foreground below gray mountain rock.

1971 California 8mm frame with a gray mountain ridge, blue sky, and windblown desert shrubs across the foreground. — A rocky ridge and blue sky rise above windblown desert shrubs.

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