Hawaii USA-1961: Beach with Palm Trees and Hotel

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationHawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Hawaii

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Beach with Palm Trees and Hotel — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Hawaii USA in 1961, capturing a tropical beach scene with palm trees swaying in the breeze. The grainy, slightly faded color film shows people relaxing on the sand near the shoreline, with small boats visible in the turquoise water. Later frames reveal a large multi-story hotel building rising behind the palm trees, illustrating the early development of resort tourism. The footage has a nostalgic, authentic 1960s home movie quality with natural film grain and subtle camera shake, offering a glimpse into mid-century leisure and travel.

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: 122651996

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: 1961 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: Hawaii, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports archive requests for 1960s Hawaii leisure travel, beach tourism, and resort-era establishing material for documentary or editorial productions.
Period detail: The swimwear, 8mm color stock, beachgoers, small boats, palms, and multi-story shoreline hotel may show early 1960s resort tourism in Hawaii.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, watching beachgoers rest on the sand and then shifting attention toward the hotel behind the palms.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include sandy beach, ocean horizon, palm trees, beachgoers, small boats, a large hotel building, and soft handheld framing.
Film character: The footage carries faded color, visible grain, slight softness, and handheld movement consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a Hawaii travel insert, resort-development cutaway, beach-memory beat, or transition between leisure and tourism context.
Historical context: The frames place relaxed beach recreation beside a large shoreline hotel, suggesting the visual overlap of tropical leisure and resort infrastructure.
Research note: People are visible and the hotel may require identification review; copyright, likeness, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 Hawaii 8mm beach footage, vintage Hawaii resort hotel, home movie beachgoers, palm shore travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Hawaii 1961 travel material, then broader 1960s beach tourism and resort footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Hawaii home-movie frame showing beachgoers on a sandy shore with palms, ocean, and small boats in the distance. — Beachgoers relax along a palm-lined shoreline with boats offshore.

1961 Hawaii beach view framed by palms, with people resting on the sand and the ocean stretching behind them. — People sit and lounge on the sand beneath palm trees by the water.

1961 Hawaii frame showing a large multi-story hotel behind palms, with beachgoers scattered across the sand in front. — A multi-story shoreline hotel appears beyond palms and beach activity.

1961 Hawaii home-movie view of a large hotel beyond palms, with people on the beach and soft faded color. — Beachgoers move below palms with the large hotel visible in the background.

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