Quebec Canada-1952: Windy Day at Beach and Boardwalk

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Windy Day at Beach and Boardwalk — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a windy day at a Canadian seaside boardwalk. The footage opens with a view of the ocean and beach from a high vantage point, showing waves crashing onto the sand and a flag fluttering in the wind. The scene transitions to a bustling boardwalk lined with shops and storefronts, where people in period attire stroll along the promenade. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film enhances the nostalgic, archival feel of this classic 1950s moment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123333768

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$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1570 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: dr. mc petersen
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: florida,washington dc,canada
Date: 1952 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: Quebec, Canada 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Serves 1950s Canadian seaside or North American resort sequences in documentary, social history, and period drama productions needing authentic boardwalk atmosphere.
Period detail: Adults in early-1950s dress, men in suits and overcoats with one figure in white trousers, stroll a wooden boardwalk with striped yellow awnings, consistent with the stated 1952 date.
Home-movie behavior: The camera pans from an elevated beach overlook then cuts to street-level boardwalk walking, suggesting a vacationer recording a day out rather than a staged sequence.
What appears in frame: Sandy beach with breaking surf, wooden boardwalk planking, yellow-striped commercial awnings, pedestrians in period dress, clear blue sky, a Coca-Cola branded sign, and a wheeled cart visible at the boardwalk level.
Film character: 8mm colour stock shows fading toward warm-green tones, moderate grain, slight vignetting at frame edges, and a handheld wobble consistent with amateur home-movie filming.
Edit role: Beach overview frames serve as location-establishing shots; boardwalk frames work as period-street inserts or memory-beat B-roll in a 1950s social history or travel documentary.
Historical context: Boardwalk scenes reflect mid-century North American leisure culture, with mixed pedestrian traffic and commercial canvas awnings typical of Canadian or northeastern resort towns in the early postwar era.
Research note: Multiple adult faces are identifiable in boardwalk frames; a Coca-Cola branded sign is visible and requires trademark review; no likeness releases are documented for this home-movie material.
Research search match: Researchers seeking 1950s Canadian beach footage, postwar boardwalk crowds, mid-century seaside resort film, or vintage 8mm summer holiday home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from this same reel or stated Quebec 1952 location, then with Canadian or northeastern seaside footage from the late 1940s to mid-1950s, then with mid-century resort collections.

Still Frames From This Clip

Elevated beach overlook showing surf and sand, framed by dark wooden foreground elements, 8mm home movie, stated Quebec, Canada, 1952. — Beach overview from an elevated vantage, waves breaking on shore.
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Beach and ocean from an elevated boardwalk vantage, dark booth structure at lower right, 8mm, stated Quebec, Canada, 1952. — Shoreline and surf seen from the boardwalk edge, structure at right.
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Adults in 1950s clothing walking a seaside boardwalk with yellow awning storefronts, 8mm home movie, stated Quebec, Canada, 1952. — Boardwalk strollers pass shops with yellow awnings, dressed in 1950s period clothing.
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Well-lit boardwalk showing yellow-awning storefronts, period-dressed pedestrians, and a Coca-Cola sign at right, 8mm, stated Quebec, Canada, 1952. — Sunny boardwalk with period crowds, yellow-awning shops, and a Coca-Cola sign at far right.
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