California-1964: View Of White Lighthouse On Green Hill On A Clear Sunny Day

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 California

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View Of White Lighthouse On Green Hill On A Clear Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a white lighthouse perched atop a lush green hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The scene unfolds on a clear, sunny day with gentle waves breaking along the rocky coastline. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, natural color saturation, and visible film grain. The lighthouse stands as a prominent landmark against the blue sky and sea, with surrounding forested slopes adding depth to the coastal landscape. This authentic slice of Americana offers nostalgic, archival footage ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or creative storytelling.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127380971

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s California coastal home-movie footage suited for documentary cutaways, travel-history sequences, or archive searches needing a lighthouse and Pacific shoreline view.
Period detail: The scene may show a mid-century visitor view of a white coastal lighthouse, outbuildings, forested headland, rocky shore, blue ocean, and clear daylight.
Home-movie behavior: The framing reads as a visitor-shot landmark view, held from a distant vantage point with slight handheld softness rather than staged activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white lighthouse, small adjacent buildings, green hillside, wooded slope, rocky point, blue Pacific water, surf lines, and clear sky.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, mild gate edges, natural color shifts, and handheld framing that give it authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, coastal transition, landmark cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a 1960s travel or California sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually situates a preserved coastal navigation structure within a rugged California shoreline landscape, without showing visitors, vehicles, or signage.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property considerations for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 8mm California lighthouse, vintage home movie Pacific coast, white lighthouse on green hill, and rocky shoreline archive footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1964 California coastal footage, then with lighthouse, ocean, travel, and shoreline landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 California 8mm frame showing a distant white lighthouse on a green headland above the Pacific Ocean. — A white lighthouse stands on a grassy coastal point with ocean and wooded hillside behind it.

1964 California coastal view with a white lighthouse and outbuildings on a green hill over blue water. — The lighthouse complex appears across the headland, framed by ocean, rocks, and dense trees.

Soft 8mm frame of a California lighthouse on a green coastal bluff above waves and rocks. — A visitor's distant view holds on the lighthouse, green bluff, rock formations, and Pacific water.

1964 California home-movie frame showing a white lighthouse and small buildings above a rocky Pacific shoreline. — The final frame widens slightly to show more surf below the lighthouse and wooded coastal hill.

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