San Diego California-1962: Man Playing Electric Guitar On Stage

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

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Man Playing Electric Guitar On Stage — Clip Details

A young man in a striped shirt and tie plays a sunburst electric guitar on a dimly lit stage in this 1962 8mm home movie from San Diego, California. The grainy, color-bleached footage captures a live performance with a vintage aesthetic, showing the musician in focus while a bandmate is visible in the background. The scene is illuminated by stage lights against a dark curtain backdrop, evoking the atmosphere of a local rock and roll or jazz club performance from the early 1960s.

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: 123684293

Rights & Clearance

$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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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

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 archive requests needing early-1960s Southern California home-movie footage of a small-stage live music performance.
Period detail: The striped shirt, narrow tie, electric guitar, microphone, curtain backdrop, and warm stage lighting may show early-1960s local entertainment style.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld home-movie view feels like an audience member capturing a brief, informal moment from a live performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young guitarist, sunburst electric guitar, microphone stand, dark curtain, stage light, pale backdrop, and a seated bandmate.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, color shift, uneven exposure, and gate-edge darkness give the scanned 8mm footage its physical archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a music-performance insert, period cutaway, transition beat, or memory fragment in a 1960s sequence.
Historical context: Based on the supplied metadata, the clip documents a 1962 San Diego stage performance without identifying the venue, song, or performers.
Research note: Faces are visible and audible music is flagged, so likeness, performer identity, music copyright, and venue context may need review apart from footage licensing.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 San Diego 8mm guitarist on stage, early 1960s electric guitar performance, and home movie live music footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1962 San Diego clips, then related early-1960s music or stage-performance footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego home-movie frame showing a man on stage with an electric guitar, microphone, stage light, curtain, and seated bandmate. — A guitarist performs on a small dimly lit stage while another musician sits nearby.

Close 8mm frame of the guitarist in a striped shirt and tie, standing before a dark curtain and pale stage backdrop. — The guitarist is filmed closer as he plays under warm stage light.

Soft-focus 8mm view of the guitarist and sunburst electric guitar, with the stage backdrop and part of another performer at the edge. — A close handheld frame centers the guitar and performer, with another figure partly visible.

1962 San Diego frame showing the guitarist mid-performance, microphone nearby, with a seated bandmate partly visible against the stage backdrop. — The guitarist continues performing as a second musician appears at the side of the frame.

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