Tijuana Mexico-1962: Small Waves Rolling In And Breaking Over The Big Rocks

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationTijuana, Mexico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Tijuana Mexico

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Small Waves Rolling In And Breaking Over The Big Rocks — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures small waves rolling in and breaking over large rocks along a rugged coastline. The footage, framed by dark window-like borders, shows the ocean's rhythmic motion with whitecaps forming on the water's surface. The scene has a distinct purple and blue color cast typical of aged film, with visible grain and slight flicker. The waves crash against the dark, jagged rocks, creating a dynamic natural display. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of a coastal moment from the early 1960s, perfect for historical or editorial projects.

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: 123683413

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.

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 1835 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: pyramid,university city,$80000 house,floating gardens
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: dallas,mexico city
Date: 1962 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: Tijuana, Mexico 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s 8mm coastal home-movie footage for documentary or editorial uses needing a brief ocean, surf, or rocky shoreline cutaway from Tijuana, Mexico.
Period detail: The visible period clues are mainly the 8mm home-movie format, aged color shift, and simple visitor framing, with no landmarks or people visible to further identify the coastline.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged traveler or family-film view of waves seen from behind dark frame-like edges, concentrating on the motion of surf over rocks.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rolling blue ocean, white foam, jagged dark rocks, a level horizon, purple-blue film color, dark vertical borders, and soft flicker.
Film character: The footage has a strong 8mm archival texture with grain, slight softness, flicker, exposure variation, and a purple-blue color cast from aged film stock.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, shoreline atmosphere beat, or memory cutaway between travel, coast, or early 1960s home-movie scenes.
Historical context: As home-movie material from Tijuana in 1962, it shows a casual coastal view rather than a documented public event, landmark, or identifiable social activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any location or shoreline-use context for their project.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1962 Tijuana coastline 8mm, vintage Mexico surf footage, rocky shore waves home movie, and 1960s ocean cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Tijuana or Mexico travel footage, then broader vintage rocky-coast and ocean-wave material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Tijuana 8mm frame showing small waves and white foam crossing dark coastal rocks under a level ocean horizon. — Small surf breaks over low, dark rocks along the shoreline.

1962 Tijuana coastal frame with foamy surf moving over jagged rocks, seen through dark vertical film borders. — Foam spreads across the rocks as a small wave reaches the shore.

1962 Tijuana 8mm view of shallow water and dark rock shelves with soft purple-blue aging across the frame. — Water settles across flat rock shelves after the surf passes.

1962 Tijuana 8mm frame with motion-softened surf moving over dark coastal rocks, bordered by the film gate edges. — Motion-softened waves pass over the rocky shoreline.

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