California-1978: A Group Of Young Adults Enjoy A Backyard Picnic

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 California

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A Group Of Young Adults Enjoy A Backyard Picnic — Clip Details

A group of young adults gathers around a table in a backyard setting, captured on 8mm film in 1978. A woman in a blue and white striped sleeveless dress sits beside a shirtless man with a mustache, while another woman in a bikini top and a bare-chested man complete the circle. They share food and drinks on a patterned tablecloth, with a white block wall and greenery in the background. The footage shows natural, candid interaction under bright daylight, with the characteristic grain and color saturation of vintage home movie film.

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: 125593395

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: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1978 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1970s California lifestyle requests needing candid young adults sharing a backyard meal for documentary, education, or commercial memory sequences.
Period detail: The sleeveless striped dress, bikini top, shirtless men, patterned tablecloth, and casual outdoor setting may show late-1970s warm-weather social style.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal, unstaged meal as people sit close together, pass food, look down at plates, and continue conversation around the table.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include four young adults, a backyard table, cups and bottles, serving dishes, patterned tablecloth, white block wall, and surrounding greenery.
Film character: The 8mm frame has soft focus, visible grain, warm color, uneven exposure, and handheld contact-sheet framing that reads as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or social cutaway for everyday leisure, backyard dining, friendship, or summer gathering sequences.
Historical context: The clip records a casual mixed-gender backyard gathering in California, showing domestic leisure and food sharing without identifiable public event context.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no obvious logos appear, and copyright, privacy, and location permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1978 California backyard picnic 8mm, 1970s young adults home movie, vintage outdoor meal, and candid summer gathering footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other California 1978 backyard or social footage, then broader 1970s home-movie clips of picnics, barbecues, and friends eating.

Still Frames From This Clip

1978 California home-movie frame of young adults gathered at a backyard table with plates, cups, bottles, and a white block wall behind them. — Young adults sit together at a backyard picnic table during a casual meal.

Young adults in a California backyard sit around a patterned table as a shirtless man handles food and others watch or converse. — A shirtless man handles food while others sit around the backyard table.

A man in a blue shirt crosses close to the 8mm camera, partially obscuring a backyard table and seated figure in the background. — A person moves through the foreground, briefly blocking the picnic scene.

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