San Diego California USA-1961: Woman Sitting On A Rock Next To A Beach At The

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Woman Sitting On A Rock Next To A Beach At The — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1961 showing a woman sitting on a rocky outcrop at the edge of a sandy beach in San Diego, California. She wears a striped blouse and dark skirt, smiling gently as she looks toward the ocean. The scene captures gentle waves rolling onto the shore under a bright, sunny sky, with the characteristic blue-purple color shift and film grain of 1960s amateur footage. The handheld camera pans slightly, revealing the natural coastal landscape and the woman's relaxed posture, evoking a sense of peaceful nostalgia and personal memory from the early 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120812662

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: 1961 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: 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: This 1961 8mm home-movie clip supports documentary or educational requests for early-1960s Southern California beach leisure, especially as a quiet personal-memory coastal insert.
Period detail: The striped blouse, dark skirt, soft color shift, and handheld amateur framing may show early-1960s vacation or family filming practice rather than a staged portrait.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged pause of a woman sitting on rocks by the surf, turning and smiling toward the camera or nearby companion.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated woman, rocky shoreline, sandy beach, rolling waves, dark blue ocean water, shoreline foam, and sparse coastal plants or brush.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, blue-purple color fading, soft focus, exposure fluctuation, and slight handheld movement that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a beach cutaway, memory beat, family-travel insert, or transitional shot between wider coastal scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents informal seaside recreation in San Diego, with emphasis on personal presence and coastal landscape rather than identifiable civic landmarks.
Research note: A woman’s face is visible and may require likeness review, while no logos, brands, private interiors, or obvious private property are visible in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1961 San Diego beach home movie, 1960s woman by ocean, vintage 8mm California coast, and rocky shoreline family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 San Diego or Southern California coastal footage, then broader 1960s beach and seaside leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft 1961 8mm frame of rocks beside the ocean at a San Diego beach, with deep blue water and a sandy edge partly visible. — Rocky shoreline beside the surf.

A woman in a striped blouse and dark skirt sits on a rocky outcrop beside the beach in supported 1961 San Diego home-movie footage. — Woman seated on beach rocks.

Seated woman with surf behind her.

A seated woman remains on the rocky shoreline as a bright band of surf crosses the beach behind her in 1961 San Diego home-movie footage. — Woman seated by the wave line.

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