Hawaii USA-1959: Day At The Beach

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationHawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Hawaii

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Day At The Beach — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Hawaii, USA, 1959, showing two people enjoying a sunny day at the beach. The grainy, color-bleached film captures them swimming and playing in the ocean waves, with one person floating on a tire or inner tube. The footage is framed by dark borders, typical of old home movies, with natural sunlight reflecting off the water and sand. The scene evokes a nostalgic, carefree summer holiday atmosphere from the late 1950s.

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: 120981645

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 1873 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: 1,March
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: hawaii
Date: 1959 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Hawaii, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: 1950s Hawaii beach home-movie footage for productions needing brief leisure, vacation, ocean-swimming, or postwar family travel atmosphere.
Period detail: The frames may show late-1950s casual beach recreation, with swimmers in open water and an inner tube visible in grainy color 8mm footage.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged distance of the camera as people swim, splash, and drift near shore in ordinary vacation behavior.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean water, small shore waves, sand, two swimmers, an inner tube, bright daylight, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The clip has a soft 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, slight color fading, heavy gate borders, and handheld framing from the beach.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for Hawaii travel, beach recreation, or vintage summer leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents informal beach use in Hawaii through a visitor or family camera, without visible landmarks or identifiable public events.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos, music, private property, or brands are apparent in these frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1959 Hawaii beach home movie, 1950s ocean swimming, vintage 8mm beach vacation, and inner tube in surf.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Hawaii 1959 beach footage, then broader 1950s vacation, swimming, and seaside leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two people swim near shore in 1959 Hawaii beach home-movie footage, framed by dark 8mm film borders. — Two swimmers move through shallow ocean water near the beach.

A person floats or plays with an inner tube in the ocean during a 1959 Hawaii beach scene. — A swimmer uses an inner tube beyond the small shore break.

Two swimmers splash offshore in grainy 8mm footage from a Hawaii beach in 1959. — Distant swimmers splash in open water as waves reach the beach.

Two distant figures swim and splash in open water in a brief 1959 Hawaii beach home movie shot. — Swimmers remain offshore as rippled water fills the frame.

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