California-1952: View Of Lone Cypress Tree On Rocky Coastline With Blue Ocean

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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

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View Of Lone Cypress Tree On Rocky Coastline With Blue Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures the iconic Lone Cypress tree perched on a rocky outcrop along the California coastline. The view, framed by a wooden railing, shows the deep blue ocean crashing against the shore under a clear, sunny sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century coastal scenery. The camera pans slightly, revealing the tree's distinctive silhouette against the vast Pacific. This archival clip evokes Americana nostalgia and is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or historical storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127545043

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 1234 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: miss universe
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1952 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: 1950s California coastal home-movie footage useful for documentary inserts, scenic transitions, and archive requests for mid-century Pacific shoreline views.
Period detail: The wooden overlook railing, saturated color, and visitor viewpoint may show a mid-century tourist stop along the California coast in 1952.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, framing the tree and rocky point from behind a simple wooden barrier as the camera adjusts across the scenic overlook.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wind-shaped cypress, rocky outcrop, blue ocean, breaking surf, distant coastal hills, wooden railing, and sunlit shoreline.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight gate weave, high color saturation, and uneven exposure typical of small-gauge home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a scenic cutaway, location-establishing insert, travel-memory beat, or transition into California coast or road-trip material.
Historical context: The footage visually places a known California coastal viewpoint within a 1950s amateur travel-film context without showing crowds, signage, or vehicles.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are visible or indicated, but copyright and any location or property restrictions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1952 8mm California coast, Lone Cypress home movie, rocky Pacific shoreline, blue ocean scenic overlook, and mid-century travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1952 California coastal footage, then with broader Pacific shoreline, travel, and scenic nature clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California 8mm frame showing a lone cypress on rocks above blue Pacific water, viewed past a wooden railing. — A wind-shaped cypress stands on a rocky point above the ocean.

1952 California coastal view of the Lone Cypress on a rocky outcrop with blue ocean, surf, and distant hills. — The tree and rocks are framed against open water and a hazy coastline.

1952 California 8mm frame with the cypress and rocky headland seen behind a rough wooden overlook railing. — The camera shifts closer to the tree and rock face from the overlook.

1952 California coastal frame showing the rocky point, deep blue ocean, railing, and a partial view of the cypress. — The railing crosses the foreground as the camera moves across the rocky shoreline.

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