California-1980: Red Indian Paintbrush Wildflowers Growing Among Granite Rocks

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Year1980
Decade1980s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1980 · California, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

wildflowers
mountain flora
wilderness
backpacking trip
summer in the mountains
nature observation
granite high country

Shot type: close-up
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Dry, rocky mountain ground with granite boulders, dead branches and low shrubs
Time and weather: midday · summer · sunny
Lighting: Bright direct sunlight with hard shadows
People: 0
Objects: Indian paintbrush flowers · granite boulders · dead weathered branches · broad-leaved shrub · gravelly soil
Colors: scarlet red · sage green · pale grey · dark brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Close view of red Indian paintbrush rising between pale granite rocks.
The framing drifts slightly as the camera holds on the flower clump.
A dark frame line appears along the bottom edge of the picture.
The shot stays on the paintbrush and the shrub leaves to the end.

Red Indian Paintbrush Wildflowers Growing Among Granite... — Clip Details

Probably California's Sierra Nevada, circa 1980, home movie footage of a clump of red Indian paintbrush growing in dry, rocky ground. Dozens of upright stems with scarlet bracts rise between pale granite boulders, weathered silver branches and a leafy shrub at the lower right. The single close shot is held almost still for six seconds in bright sun, with a slight drift in framing and a dark frame line appearing along the bottom edge.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002006

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1980 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: Meets requests for circa 1980 amateur nature footage of mountain wildflowers, useful in documentaries on wilderness recreation, botany or the American West.
Period detail: Nothing in the frame is datable on its own; the faded colour reversal look and the surrounding pack-trip scenes may show a date around 1980.
Home-movie behavior: A hiker stopped on the trail to film one patch of flowers, which shows the amateur filmmaker's eye for small details along a wilderness trip.
What appears in frame: A clump of scarlet Indian paintbrush, pale speckled granite boulders, bleached dead branches across the ground, broad green shrub leaves at lower right, and dry gravelly soil.
Film character: Soft Super 8 grain, gently faded reds and greens, hard summer sunlight and a projector frame line at the bottom give the shot the texture of real projected film.
Edit role: Works as a cutaway or insert between hiking and camp scenes, or as a quiet transition beat in a wilderness or memory sequence.
Historical context: The shot belongs to a group pack-in trip with mule packers through granite high country, a common way for American hikers to reach remote mountain lakes at the time.
Research note: No people, logos or artwork appear; the copyright in the home movie rests with the filmmaker or their estate, and any land-use or location filming permissions are a separate question.
Research search match: Indian paintbrush close-up, Super 8 wildflower footage, Sierra Nevada flowers home movie, circa 1980 nature film, granite and wildflowers archival.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's mountain cascade with wildflowers and backpackers climbing above the canyon, then with other granite high-country trip footage from around 1980, then with other vintage wildflower close-ups.

Still Frames From This Clip

Red Indian paintbrush among granite rocks, probably in California's Sierra Nevada, on Super 8 film circa 1980 — A clump of red Indian paintbrush in bright sun among granite boulders, circa 1980.
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Scarlet Indian paintbrush stems beside a rounded granite boulder in mountain high country, home movie circa 1980 — Paintbrush stems rise beside a granite boulder as the framing drifts slightly.
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Indian paintbrush clump on Super 8 film circa 1980 with a projector frame line visible, likely California high country — A projector frame line shows along the bottom edge of the paintbrush close-up.
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Red wildflowers, shrub leaves and a granite slab in hard summer sun, probably the Sierra Nevada, circa 1980 — The closing frame of the paintbrush close-up, with a granite slab in the foreground.
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