California-1975: Pan Across Granite Slopes and Alpine Pools Reveals Distant Hikers

Catalog date: estimated · Catalog location: estimated. Review source evidence · Request a source quality check

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

From the same film reel

1975 · California · Reel d5a4a5f0 contains 8 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

Explore this year and place

Compare featured footage, popular clips and the full collection.

Same year and place1975 · California, United StatesExplore footage →Across the archiveFilmed in 1975Explore the year →Across the yearsCalifornia, United StatesExplore the place →

What is in this clip

outdoor recreation
mountain travel
wilderness
landscape observation
human scale
alpine terrain

Shot type: extreme wide
Camera: pan · tilt · handheld · Elevated view across the basin, tilting downward toward the hikers
Setting: outdoor · Rocky alpine basin with exposed granite slopes, scattered conifers and small pools
Time and weather: Daytime · Likely summer · Dry conditions with no visible precipitation
Lighting: Natural daylight with subdued contrast in the film capture
People: 7 · Approximately seven distant hikers, including partially cropped figures near the lower edge; a few wear reddish tops, but faces, ages and equipment are indistinct.
Objects: granite outcrops · boulders · alpine pools · conifer trees · rocky banks · mountain ridges
Colors: gray · purple · dark blue · muted brown · dark green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

Select a time to watch that moment in the preview.

A wide view establishes rugged ridges, granite slopes and water along the lower edge.
The rightward pan crosses scattered conifers and a boulder-lined alpine pool.
The camera lowers to reveal distant hikers on the open basin floor.
Several small figures remain framed between foreground rocks and blue pools.

Pan Across Granite Slopes and Alpine Pools Reveals... — Clip Details

Sierra Nevada, California, circa 1975 home movie footage shows a rocky alpine basin beneath rugged mountain ridges. The camera pans right across pale granite slopes, scattered conifers and dark blue pools before tilting down toward distant hikers. Small figures cross the open, boulder-strewn ground between the water and the foreground rocks. This continuous wide view has soft detail and a muted purple color cast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004133

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports a documentary request for circa 1975 California mountain recreation with distant hikers providing scale within an alpine basin.
Period detail: Small figures may show period hiking clothes, though their size prevents close equipment assessment and the circa 1975 estimate comes from the surrounding section.
Home-movie behavior: The visitor's camera surveys the scenery before lowering to include walkers dispersed across the basin.
What appears in frame: The shot contains rugged ridges, pale granite slopes, scattered conifers, blue pools, loose boulders and distant hikers.
Film character: Soft projected-film detail, visible grain, subdued contrast, a purple cast and occasional dark specks give the landscape its archival texture.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or landscape transition that reveals people within a large mountain setting.
Historical context: The scene records recreational walking in a California alpine landscape circa 1975, with no visible buildings, vehicles or signs.
Research note: People are distant and faces are indistinct; copyright licensing is separate from any applicable likeness or location permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for Sierra Nevada alpine hiking, California mountain home movies and circa 1975 projected color film landscapes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's alpine pool, resting hikers and rocky passage clips, then California Sierra Nevada footage circa 1975, followed by wider mountain recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Sierra Nevada, California, circa 1975: rugged ridges above pale granite, scattered conifers and dark blue water in a softly rendered home movie. — The opening landscape view places a blue pool below broad granite slopes and rugged ridges.
License this still · $49

A boulder-edged alpine pool beneath granite slopes and conifers in Sierra Nevada, California, home movie footage circa 1975. — The pan follows the pool's rocky margin beneath sparsely wooded granite slopes.
License this still · $49

Distant hikers between blue pools and foreground rocks in a Sierra Nevada alpine basin, California, circa 1975. — Small figures cross the open basin, giving scale to the pools, boulders and granite hillside.
License this still · $49

Hikers spread across a rocky Sierra Nevada basin beside blue pools, with a reddish-clad figure near the foreground, California, circa 1975. — The lowered framing holds scattered hikers and dark blue pools beneath the pale rock slope.
License this still · $49

Visually Similar Clips