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Florida USA-1959: Vintage Black And White Flood Tide Crashes Onto Soft Sandy Beach

  • Year1959
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationFlorida, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1959 Florida
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Vintage Black And White Flood Tide Crashes Onto Soft... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Florida USA in 1959, showing a serene ocean scene with gentle waves rolling onto a soft sandy beach during flood tide. The black and white film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, subtle scratches, and natural film distortion, captured through a dark frame border. The calm, rhythmic motion of the waves creates a nostalgic, meditative atmosphere, evoking mid-century Americana and personal memory. This authentic archival clip is ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, and nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Black & white
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
121290057

Rights & Clearance

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

  • People 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 1266 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label
#1
Reel-level year note
1959
Reel-level location note
florida
Date
1959 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Florida, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1950s Florida coastal home-movie footage suited to documentary inserts needing an unpeopled beach, surf, and flood-tide shoreline atmosphere.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Florida 8mm frame showing ocean surf approaching a broad, wet sandy shoreline with dark film borders.
Ocean breakers move toward an open sandy beach.

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