Florida USA-1975: Man Wading Through Waves On Beach

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Man Wading Through Waves On Beach — Clip Details

A man in a white shirt and dark shorts wades through crashing ocean waves on a sunny day at a Florida beach in 1975. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the natural motion of the waves and the man’s interaction with the water, with another person visible in the background. The scene has a nostalgic, authentic home movie quality with visible film grain and color fading typical of vintage Super 8 footage. The bright blue sky and turquoise water evoke a classic American summer vacation.

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: 123252398

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: 1975 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: Florida, 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: Useful for 1970s Florida beach vacation sequences needing authentic 8mm home-movie footage of a man wading in surf.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-1970s leisurewear, with a white shirt and dark shorts at an open ocean beach supported by the Florida 1975 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged beach moment, with the camera watching a man move through breaking waves while another swimmer remains farther offshore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rolling surf, turquoise water, a blue horizon, sandy shoreline, a man in a white shirt and dark shorts, and a distant person in the sea.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm texture, visible grain, mild color fading, frame-edge darkness, and a handheld home-movie feel.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a beach cutaway, summer-memory insert, vacation transition, or brief texture shot between broader coastal scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual American beach recreation in the 1970s without showing identifiable landmarks or organized events.
Research note: People are visible and likely not model-released, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, private property, or audible music are indicated.
Research search match: Good matches include 1975 Florida beach home movie, 8mm man in waves, 1970s ocean surf footage, and vintage summer vacation beach scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Florida 1975 beach footage, then broader 1970s summer vacation and surf material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 Florida 8mm frame of a man in a white shirt and dark shorts standing in breaking beach waves, with another person offshore. — A man faces the surf as waves break around him at the beach.

1975 Florida beach frame showing a man in dark shorts and a white shirt amid rolling ocean waves under a blue horizon. — The man remains in the shallow surf as a wave rolls in from the right.

1975 Florida 8mm frame with a man moving through white surf close to the sand, filmed from a distant beach vantage. — Foam spreads toward shore as the man moves through the water.

1975 Florida beach frame of a man in a white shirt standing amid foamy waves, with blue ocean and sky in the background. — The clip ends with the man partly surrounded by white water in the surf.

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