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Portugal-1972: Waves Crashing on Beach with Coastal Town

$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.

  • Year1972
  • Decade1970s
  • LocationPortugal
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1972 Portugal

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Waves Crashing on Beach with Coastal Town — Clip Details

Aerial vintage 8mm footage from Portugal in 1972 captures a bustling coastal town with dense white and pastel buildings lining a sandy beach. Waves crash onto the shore as people relax on the sand and stroll along the promenade. The film shows natural color fading and grain typical of home movie footage, with a slightly tilted perspective suggesting handheld or amateur recording. The scene evokes a nostalgic summer vacation atmosphere with a mix of residential and resort architecture nestled between the ocean and green hills.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Aerial
Resolution
4K restored master (MP4)
License
Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
120949903

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
1972 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
Portugal 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.

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Topics & Keywords

  • waves
  • crashing
  • beach
  • swimming
  • fish
  • nature
  • vacation
  • tropical
  • houses
  • ocean
  • popular
  • portugal
  • 1972
  • 1972 Portugal beach footage
  • vintage 8mm home movie
  • aerial coastal town view
  • retro beach vacation
  • old film waves crashing
  • 1970s European seaside
  • nostalgic 8mm footage
  • vintage Super 8 beach scene
  • archival 1972 footage
  • classic 8mm film
  • Portuguese coastal town
  • summer vacation 1972
  • vintage film grain
  • retro home movie
  • old footage waves
  • 1970s beach life
  • vintage 8mm film
  • seaside resort 1972
  • nostalgic travel footage
  • vintage beach scenery

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1970s Portugal beach and coastal-town footage for documentary or editorial sequences needing an elevated vacation-era view of surf, shoreline crowds, and dense seaside housing.
Period detail
The frames show 1972 color 8mm beach footage with mid-century resort architecture, a promenade, small beach umbrellas, and period home-movie color rendering, though no specific town or landmark is identifiable from the visible frames.
Home-movie behavior
The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective from an elevated or aerial vantage point, observing ordinary beachgoers spread along the sand and promenade without staged action.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a sandy beach, breaking Atlantic surf, scattered people, a curved promenade, tightly packed white and pastel buildings, red-tile roofs, hillside vegetation, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character
The footage has soft 8mm grain, mild color fading, slight exposure variation, and a tilted amateur framing that preserve the texture of a scanned home movie.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, travel-memory cutaway, coastal transition, or archival beat between closer beach or Portugal vacation scenes.
Historical context
The view documents a busy seaside leisure setting in Portugal in the early 1970s, showing the relationship between beach recreation, waterfront housing, and hills rising behind the town.
Research note
People are visible at a distance, so likeness considerations may still apply, while no readable brands, logos, audible music, or clearly identifiable private interiors are visible in these frames.
Research search match
Useful search matches include 1972 Portugal beach home movie, vintage 8mm coastal town aerial view, waves on crowded seaside resort, and 1970s Portuguese vacation footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Portugal 1972 coastal or beach scenes, and then with broader 1970s vacation, surf, promenade, and seaside-town footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Portugal 8mm frame showing an elevated view over a sandy beach, breaking waves, a waterfront promenade, and dense seaside buildings backed by hills.
Elevated coastal-town view with beachgoers and surf.
1972 Portugal home-movie frame from an elevated vantage point, with white and pastel buildings lining a busy beach as waves reach the shore.
Surf rolls in beside the waterfront buildings.
Portugal 1972 8mm still showing a tilted elevated view of a popular beach, foamy waves, a curved promenade, and compact seaside housing.
Crowded beach below a hillside coastal town.
1972 Portugal vintage 8mm frame showing a broad coastal resort view with surf breaking onto sand, beachgoers, waterfront buildings, and hills behind the town.
Wide shoreline view with surf and seaside housing.

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