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California-1952: Wooded Mountain Slope Along Waterfront with Water and Boats

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

  • Year1952
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationCalifornia, United States
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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

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Wooded Mountain Slope Along Waterfront with Water and Boats — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a hazy, sun-drenched view of a wooded mountain slope along a California waterfront. The footage, framed by dark borders, shows a calm body of water in the foreground with small boats and structures near the shore. The image is grainy and slightly faded, with visible film scratches and a soft, nostalgic quality. The scene evokes a quiet, timeless moment from mid-century California, perfect for historical or nostalgic content.

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
127545568

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

  • mountains
  • beach
  • sea
  • nature
  • california
  • wooded
  • mountain
  • waterfront
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  • 1952
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  • vintage 8mm film
  • 1950s home movie
  • waterfront mountain view
  • retro California scenery
  • archival 8mm footage
  • old film grain
  • nostalgic landscape
  • vintage nature footage
  • 1950s Americana
  • coastal mountain view
  • classic home movie
  • historic California
  • 8mm film archive
  • vintage travel footage
  • retro film aesthetic
  • old film footage
  • scenic 1950s
  • vintage outdoor scene
  • 1950s home movie clip

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1950s California waterfront establishing shots, coastal geography cutaways, or mid-century home-movie atmosphere in documentary and education edits.
Period detail
The footage may show a mid-century California shoreline with small boats, low waterfront structures, wooded hillsides, and soft 8mm color typical of early home-movie travel filming.
Home-movie behavior
The camera holds a distant visitor-shot view across the water, valuing scenery and place rather than staged activity or identifiable people.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a hazy wooded mountain slope, calm water, small anchored boats, shoreline buildings, dark frame borders, and light film wear.
Film character
The clip has faded color, soft focus, visible grain, dust, scratches, and slight exposure variation that read as original 8mm archival texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a quiet establishing insert, scenic transition, coastal memory beat, or background cutaway for California travel or family-history sequences.
Historical context
The view suggests recreational waterfront access and hillside development in California, but the frames do not identify a specific town, landmark, or event.
Research note
No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, though shoreline structures and exact location should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match
Searches such as 1952 California waterfront 8mm, vintage home movie coastal hillside, small boats near wooded mountain, and faded 1950s shoreline footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1952 California waterfront material, then broader vintage coastal landscape and boating scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California 8mm frame showing a soft, distant view of a wooded hillside, calm water, boats, and low shoreline buildings.
A hazy hillside rises behind small boats and waterfront buildings.
Distant 1952 California waterfront view with a wooded mountain slope, small boats, and low buildings along the shore.
The camera holds on the mountain slope and quiet waterfront below.
Faded 1952 California home-movie frame showing small boats near shore with a wooded hillside rising behind them.
Small boats sit in the foreground beneath a hazy wooded hillside.
1952 California 8mm frame of a calm waterfront, clustered small boats, shoreline structures, and a softly faded hillside beyond.
Boats and shoreline buildings appear at the base of the wooded slope.

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