New Orleans Louisiana USA-1958: Car Driving By A Day At The Beach

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 New Orleans Louisiana

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Car Driving By A Day At The Beach — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1958 showing a cloudy day at a sandy beach in New Orleans, Louisiana. A long wooden pier stretches into the ocean under an overcast sky, with gentle waves breaking on the shore. A few people in bathing suits are visible wading in the water, and a classic car drives along the beachfront. The film exhibits natural grain, slight blurriness, and dark borders typical of 8mm home movies, capturing a nostalgic, authentic slice of mid-century American beach life.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120977610

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: 1958 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: New Orleans, Louisiana, 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.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s U.S. beach-life requests needing brief home-movie views of a Gulf Coast shoreline, pier, surf, and casual recreation.
Period detail: The 1958 metadata and soft 8mm color support a mid-century setting, while the visible scene shows a beachfront, long pier, and swimmers without identifiable modern signage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged vacation viewpoint, holding on the beach and water as people wade casually near the surf.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a sandy beach, low surf, overcast sky, long pier, distant bathers, wet shoreline, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, muted color, soft focus, gate edges, and light surface marks that give it authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, shoreline cutaway, or memory beat within a mid-century travel or family-recreation sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual beach leisure in a documented 1958 New Orleans-area home-movie context, though no specific public event is visible.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1958 8mm New Orleans beach footage, mid-century beach pier, vintage vacation shoreline, and home-movie surf scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1958 New Orleans or Louisiana beach material, then with broader mid-century U.S. vacation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 New Orleans beach footage showing a long pier, pale surf, overcast sky, and a distant bather on the sand. — A distant bather stands near the water as a pier extends across the beach scene.

1958 New Orleans shoreline view with a distant pier, breaking waves, and one small figure near the waterline. — The camera looks toward the surf and pier with a lone figure on the open beach.

Wide 1958 beach view in New Orleans with muted 8mm color, a pier, gentle surf, and a distant beachgoer. — A wide beach view shows the pier and surf under a cloudy sky.

1958 New Orleans beach frame with rolling surf, wet sand, partial pier, and distant people near the shoreline. — The final frame holds on the shoreline, with surf rolling in and distant figures near the water.

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