Portugal-1972: Waves Crashing On A Popular Beach

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationPortugal
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Portugal

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Waves Crashing On A Popular Beach — 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

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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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