California USA-1971: Black Iron Statue Stands in Desert Garden with Bare Tree and Mountains

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

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Black Iron Statue Stands in Desert Garden with Bare Tree... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from 1971 captures a tranquil desert garden in California. The camera pans across a sandy path, revealing a striking black iron statue of a figure in a dynamic pose. A short, bare-branched tree stands in the foreground, while agave plants and lush green shrubs fill the midground. In the distance, mountains rise under a bright sky, with a small bridge visible. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American backyard scene.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 125224986

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: 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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1971 California home-movie footage for productions needing a brief desert garden cutaway with sculpture, arid planting, and mountain backdrop.
Period detail: The clip may show early 1970s domestic or visitor-shot garden landscaping, with sandy paths, agave, rustic railings, and saturated 8mm color as era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the garden slowly from a visitor perspective, valuing the sculpture, plantings, path, and distant mountains over staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black metal figure sculpture, bare-branched tree, sandy path, agave plants, shrubs, rustic bridge or railing, rocks, and mountains.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, mild gate marks, and bright daylight color saturation that reads as original small-gauge film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, location-establishing cutaway, or quiet transition for desert travel, garden memory, or California archival sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects a landscaped desert setting where ornamental sculpture, drought-tolerant plants, rocks, and mountain views frame a leisure or garden visit.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but sculpture copyright and possible property or site permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1971 California 8mm desert garden, vintage home movie sculpture, black metal statue, agave path, and mountain garden footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then California 1971 garden or desert scenes, then broader 1970s sculpture, landscaping, and travel cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 California 8mm frame showing a black metal garden statue near a bare tree, agave plants, rocks, and a sandy desert path. — Black metal sculpture stands among desert garden plantings and a bare tree.

1971 California desert garden view with a black metal figure statue, bare tree branches, agave, shrubs, sandy path, and rustic railing. — The statue is framed by pale branches, agave, and low desert landscaping.

1971 California 8mm frame of a black garden statue beside a sandy path, with agave, bare branches, shrubs, rocks, and distant hills. — The camera shifts along the desert path past the statue and low plantings.

1971 California 8mm view of a black metal statue in a desert garden, with sandy path, shrubs, agave, railing, cactus, and mountains. — A wider view places the sculpture against desert plants and mountain slopes.

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