Pebble Beach California-1974: Lone Cypress on Its Granite Outcrop Framed by Dark Branches

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationPebble Beach, California, United States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1974 · Pebble Beach, California, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1974 · Pebble Beach & Monterey · Reel 8a7b670c contains 5 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

coastal landmark
1970s travel
road trip
natural heritage
seascape
tourism

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Rocky coastal headland above the Pacific Ocean, seen through foreground cypress branches
Time and weather: day · overcast
Lighting: Flat, diffuse overcast daylight
People: 0 · No people are visible.
Landmarks: Lone Cypress · 17-Mile Drive
Objects: Monterey cypress tree · granite outcrop · low stone wall · foreground cypress branches · ocean
Colors: grey-green · slate grey · lavender grey · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

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The Lone Cypress appears on its outcrop, framed by dark foreground branches.
A brief film scratch crosses the frame as the camera holds steady.
The shot ends on the same view of the tree, rock wall and grey ocean.

Lone Cypress on Its Granite Outcrop Framed by Dark Branches — Clip Details

Pebble Beach, California, circa 1974 home movie footage of the Lone Cypress on 17-Mile Drive. The windswept tree stands on a rocky granite outcrop above a grey, overcast Pacific, with a low stone wall running along the rock beneath it. Dark silhouetted cypress branches in the foreground frame the scene on both sides. It is a single steady handheld wide shot of about four seconds, held from a viewpoint above the rocks.

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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002468

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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: 1974 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: Pebble Beach, 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 a 1970s amateur view of the Lone Cypress or 17-Mile Drive, for use as an establishing or scenic shot in documentaries about California travel.
Period detail: The picture holds no dated objects, but the muted, slightly lavender colour rendition and grain may show 1970s Super 8 reversal stock, and the checked reel context places it circa 1974.
Home-movie behavior: It is a visitor's view from the viewpoint above the rocks, framed through the branches the way a tourist would line up the famous tree.
What appears in frame: The frame shows the flat-topped Lone Cypress, its granite outcrop, a smaller tree to the left, a low stone wall along the rock, dark cypress boughs in the foreground, and a grey ocean under overcast sky.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, flat overcast exposure, a brief scratch at about two seconds and slight handheld drift give it the authentic texture of projected Super 8.
Edit role: It works as an establishing shot for the Monterey Peninsula, a scenic cutaway in a road-trip sequence, or a quiet memory beat.
Historical context: The shot shows the Lone Cypress as a destination for family motorists on 17-Mile Drive in the 1970s, recorded alongside other numbered stops on the same reel.
Research note: No people appear, but the tree stands on privately owned Pebble Beach land and its image may be subject to the owner's trademark claims, so commercial users should seek their own advice on property and mark use separately from the film copyright.
Research search match: Researchers might search for Lone Cypress 1970s home movie, 17-Mile Drive Super 8, vintage Pebble Beach footage, or a Monterey cypress on rock above the Pacific.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with the same reel's Old Fisherman's Wharf sign and camera-carrying tourist on the wharf, then with other circa 1974 Monterey Peninsula coast footage, then with other classic Western landmark stops.

Still Frames From This Clip

The Lone Cypress on its granite outcrop on 17-Mile Drive, Pebble Beach, California, circa 1974, framed by dark boughs — The Lone Cypress above the Pacific, seen through foreground branches, circa 1974.
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Super 8 view of the Lone Cypress and the low stone wall on its rock, Pebble Beach, California, circa 1974 — A low stone wall follows the rock beneath the Lone Cypress on 17-Mile Drive.
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Overcast seascape with the Lone Cypress and a smaller tree on the outcrop, Monterey Peninsula, California, circa 1974 — A smaller tree grows beside the Lone Cypress under flat overcast light.
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Closing frame of a 1970s home movie shot of the Lone Cypress, 17-Mile Drive, Pebble Beach, California — The shot holds steady on the Lone Cypress to the end, a classic 17-Mile Drive stop.
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