California-1975: White Surf Bursting Against the Base of a Dark Sea Cliff

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1975 · California, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

ocean waves
rocky coastline
coastal erosion
nature's force
1970s travel
Pacific seascape

Shot type: wide
Camera: static
Setting: outdoor · rocky ocean coastline with a sea cliff and a small cove
Time and weather: day · sunny
Lighting: bright daylight with hard contrast, cliff in deep shadow
People: 0
Objects: sea cliff · offshore rock · foreground rocks · white foam · ocean spray
Colors: black · white · teal · dark blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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White foam covers the cove beside a dark cliff, with an offshore rock behind.
A new swell pushes foam toward the foot of the cliff.
The wave reaches the rocks and spray starts to rise at the cliff base.
Surf bursts into white spray across the lower foreground.

White Surf Bursting Against the Base of a Dark Sea Cliff — Clip Details

Probably the California coast, circa 1975, home movie footage. Seen from above, bright white foam covers a small cove beside a dark rock cliff, with a low offshore rock further out. A swell rolls in, washes along the foot of the cliff and bursts into spray against the rocks in the lower foreground. The whole take is one steady, high-angle shot, with the cliff in deep shadow and the foam rendered very bright.

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: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002446

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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: Meets requests for 1970s colour home-movie footage of rough Pacific water on a rocky West Coast shoreline, for documentary cutaways or travel montages.
Period detail: Only the warm, contrasty colour home-movie stock points to the period; the frame may show the mid-1970s, but no dated object appears.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor with a film camera stood on a high point and waited for a wave to break against the rocks, which is a typical holiday impulse.
What appears in frame: A dark rock cliff on the left, a cove full of white foam, a low rock offshore, swirling green water, mussel-dark rocks in the foreground and a burst of spray.
Film character: Projected small-gauge colour film gives grain, deep black shadows, near-blown highlights in the foam and a few specks of dust and hair.
Edit role: Works as a cutaway, as a transition with a natural build and release, or as a brief establishing beat for a coastal sequence.
Historical context: The footage belongs to a family reel of California coastal sightseeing and camping, and it shows the rugged Pacific shoreline that drew 1970s road-trippers.
Research note: No people, logos or artwork are visible; the copyright in the original home movie is separate from any property question, and the exact location is unconfirmed.
Research search match: Researchers might search for vintage waves crashing on rocks, 1970s California coast home movie, Super 8 ocean surf or archival Pacific sea cliff footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with Surf swirling in a rocky cove, Rocky coastline pan and Cormorants on sea stack from this reel, then with the Big Sur clifftop shots, then with other 1970s seascapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

White foam fills a rocky cove beside a dark sea cliff, probably the California coast, circa 1975 home movie — Foam lies across the cove below a dark cliff, with an offshore rock behind, circa 1975.
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A Pacific swell advances on a dark sea cliff, probably on the California coast, in circa 1975 colour film — A new swell carries foam toward the base of the cliff.
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A wave starts to burst against a dark sea cliff on the likely California coast, circa 1975 home movie footage — Spray starts to rise where the wave meets the cliff, circa 1975.
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Surf bursts in white spray at the foot of a dark sea cliff, probably the California coast, circa 1975 Super 8 or 8mm — Surf breaks against the cliff base and throws white spray across the foreground.
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