California-1975: Cormorants Lined Along a Dark Sea Stack as a Gull Flies Past

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1975 · California, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

coastal wildlife
seabirds
Pacific coast
nature observation
family vacation
1970s travel

Shot type: wide
Camera: static
Setting: outdoor · Rocky ocean coastline with an offshore sea stack, seen from a high vantage
Time and weather: day · clear, sunny
Lighting: bright natural sunlight
People: 0
Animals: cormorants · gulls
Objects: sea stack · rocky outcrop · surf
Colors: deep blue · black · pale lavender sky · olive green · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A dark sea stack with cormorants lined along its top fills the lower frame above the blue Pacific.
A white gull glides across the open water behind the rock.
Surf washes white around the base of the outcrop to the right.
Another gull crosses the upper left as the shot ends.

Cormorants Lined Along a Dark Sea Stack as a Gull Flies Past — Clip Details

Probably the California coast, circa 1975, home movie footage of a dark, rugged rock rising from the blue Pacific with a grassy, guano-streaked top. A row of black cormorants stands along the summit, with a few white gulls among them, and more cormorants perch on the jagged rocks to the right. A gull glides across the open water behind them while surf breaks white at the base. The single shot is held steady from a high vantage, with the horizon flat across the upper frame.

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: 800002445

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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: 1975 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: Suits requests for 1970s-era colour footage of Pacific coast seabirds or wild coastal scenery for nature, travel or regional history productions.
Period detail: No dated objects are in frame; the colour rendition and grain of the projected small-gauge film may show a 1970s amateur stock.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor's steady, unhurried look from a clifftop at birds on an offshore rock, the kind of wildlife pause families made on coastal drives.
What appears in frame: A dark fissured rock with a grassy top, a row of black cormorants, a few white gulls, a gull flying over open water, surf at the base and a flat horizon.
Film character: Saturated blue sea, deep blacks in the rock, fine grain and drifting gate hairs give the shot an authentic projected-film texture.
Edit role: Works as a wildlife cutaway, a calm transition between coastal scenes, or a short establishing beat for a seashore sequence.
Historical context: It shows the wild, undeveloped shoreline that drew holidaymakers to the California coast and that families filmed from overlooks.
Research note: No people, logos or signs are visible; copyright in the film rests with the archive, and the exact location is an estimate, not a confirmed site.
Research search match: cormorants on sea stack, vintage seabird footage, 1970s California coast home movie, Pacific coast wildlife old film
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's 'Surf crashing against a dark sea cliff', 'Rocky coastline pan' and 'Rocky Big Sur coastline from clifftop', then other circa 1975 California coast footage, then seabird and coastal wildlife clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Cormorants lined along a dark sea stack above the blue Pacific, probably the California coast, circa 1975 home movie — Cormorants roost along the top of a dark offshore rock above the Pacific.
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A gull glides past cormorants perched on a sea stack, likely California's Pacific coast, circa 1975 film — A gull crosses the open water behind the cormorant roost as surf breaks to the right.
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Seabirds on a dark coastal rock with white surf below, probably the California coast, circa 1975 home movie — White surf washes around the base of the rocks below the line of seabirds.
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Cormorants on jagged rocks and a sea stack top as a gull flies over the Pacific, likely California, circa 1975 — More cormorants stand on the jagged outcrop beside the main rock as another gull passes.
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