California-1980: Small White Butterfly Fluttering Around a Purple Larkspur Spike

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Year1980
Decade1980s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1980 · California, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

wildflowers
pollination
mountain meadow
summer
nature observation
backpacking trip memories
insects

Shot type: close-up
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Subalpine wildflower meadow with dense green foliage, purple larkspur and yellow composite flowers
Time and weather: day · summer · fair, bright daylight
Lighting: natural daylight with dappled shade among the leaves
People: 0
Animals: white butterfly
Objects: purple larkspur spike · yellow arnica-like flowers · green leaves
Colors: green · purple · yellow · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A white butterfly hovers at the left of a purple larkspur spike.
It rises toward the upper blossoms of the flower stalk.
The insect flutters close to the larkspur among yellow blooms.
It settles briefly at the larkspur flowers before the shot ends.

Small White Butterfly Fluttering Around a Purple... — Clip Details

Probably the Sierra Nevada of California, circa 1980, home movie footage of a small white butterfly visiting a spike of purple larkspur in a dense wildflower meadow. The insect flutters at the left of the flower stalk, touches the upper blossoms and lifts away again several times. Yellow daisy-like blooms, likely arnica, and lush green leaves fill the rest of the frame. The Super 8 camera holds one close, nearly static framing for about seven seconds.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002020

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

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Source & Documentation

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: It meets requests for authentic circa-1980 small-gauge nature footage of pollinators and mountain wildflowers for documentaries, education or nostalgic montages.
Period detail: No dated objects appear, but the green-cyan colour and grain of Super 8 reversal film may show the stock of the period, matching the trip's estimate of about 1980.
Home-movie behavior: A hiker stops to film a butterfly working one flower spike, an unhurried amateur nature study made during a backpacking trip.
What appears in frame: A tall purple larkspur spike stands at centre, a small white butterfly flutters at its left, yellow daisy-like blooms sit above and below, and dense green leaves fill the frame.
Film character: Soft Super 8 grain, a green-cyan colour shift and motion-blurred wingbeats give the shot a warm, tactile archival texture.
Edit role: Use it as a nature cutaway, a transition between trail and camp scenes, or a quiet memory beat in a summer montage.
Historical context: The reel's granite basins and subalpine flora point to the Sierra Nevada, and the shot shows how amateur backpackers of the era filmed wildflowers alongside their trail scenes.
Research note: No people, logos or buildings are visible; copyright in the home movie footage is separate from any likeness or property questions, and the location is an estimate rather than a confirmed site.
Research search match: Researchers might search for Super 8 butterfly on wildflowers, 1980s mountain meadow home movie, or vintage larkspur close-up.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Indian paintbrush wildflowers and mountain cascade with wildflowers, then with its alpine lake and backpacker trail shots, then with other Sierra Nevada nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Small white butterfly beside purple larkspur in a meadow, probably California's Sierra Nevada, circa 1980 Super 8 film — A small white butterfly hovers at the left of a larkspur spike in a summer meadow.
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White butterfly near the upper larkspur blossoms in a subalpine meadow, likely Sierra Nevada, circa 1980 home movie — The butterfly rises toward the upper blossoms of the larkspur.
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Motion-blurred butterfly wings at a purple larkspur, mountain wildflower meadow, probably California, circa 1980 — Quick wingbeats blur as the insect flutters close to the flower spike.
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White butterfly settling on larkspur flowers in a summer meadow, likely California high country, circa 1980 Super 8 — The butterfly settles briefly at the larkspur before the shot ends.
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