San Diego California-1962: A Woman In An Old Western-Style Dress Dances And Twirls Under Warm Lights

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 California

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A Woman In An Old Western-Style Dress Dances And Twirls... — Clip Details

A grainy 8mm home movie from 1962 captures a woman in a flowing western-style dress dancing at a dimly lit indoor event in San Diego. The low-light footage shows her twirling under warm, flickering lights, her skirt swirling as she moves. Spectators are visible in the shadows, watching the performance. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, evoking a nostalgic, vintage atmosphere of a mid-century social gathering.

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: 123684246

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 1236 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: disneyland
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: california
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: San Diego, California, United States 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: Useful for 1960s San Diego home-movie requests needing dim indoor entertainment, western-themed dancing, or social-event atmosphere in a short archival insert.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-century western-style costume with a full skirt or petticoat, filmed under warm indoor lamps in a dark gathering space.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal spectator viewpoint, with the dancer moving through low light as nearby viewers remain partly hidden in shadow.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dancer in a light skirt, warm overhead lamps, dark interior surroundings, shadowed spectators, film-frame borders, and heavy grain.
Film character: The 8mm scan has strong grain, low-light exposure shifts, soft focus, color casts, and visible frame edges that mark it as physical home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, transition, or cutaway for mid-century social dancing, western-costume performance, or night-event ambience.
Historical context: The footage suggests a casual indoor social gathering where a costumed woman performs while others watch, without enough detail to identify the venue or event.
Research note: People and faces appear in low light, so likeness review may be needed; no visible logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness review.
Research search match: Research matches include 1960s San Diego 8mm home movie, western-style dancer indoors, dim bar or event performance, and vintage social gathering footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other San Diego 1962 home movies, then clips of western-themed costumes, indoor dancing, spectators, or warm night interiors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing a western-style dancer in low light, with warm lamps and people partly visible in the shadows. — A dancer moves through a dark indoor space while warm lamps and seated onlookers are faintly visible.

1962 San Diego home-movie frame with the dancer partly obscured as warm lamps glow over a dim indoor gathering. — The performer turns or bends near bright lamps, with the surrounding room mostly in shadow.

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing the dancer's light skirt and upper body near warm lamps, with viewers barely visible in darkness. — The dancer's skirt and costume catch the light as she moves past shadowed spectators.

1962 San Diego home-movie frame with the dancer mostly in shadow beside warm lamps and indistinct spectators. — The dancer passes through the darkest part of the room while lamps remain the clearest visible detail.

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