Los Angeles California USA-1962: Group Entering Parked American Cars

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

Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationLos Angeles, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 California

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

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

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Group Entering Parked American Cars — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a group of people in a sun-drenched parking lot, likely at a drive-in or roadside attraction in Los Angeles. Men and women in classic 1960s attire—women in knee-length dresses and men in button-down shirts—walk among a collection of gleaming classic American cars, including a light blue sedan and a pink Cadillac. The scene unfolds under a hazy sky with distant mountains, showcasing the era's automotive culture and leisure lifestyle. The footage features natural film grain and a slightly faded color palette, evoking a nostalgic, authentic mid-century American 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: 123686883

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: 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: Los Angeles, 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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

grease
hairspray
cars
parking lot
drive in
people
LOS angeles california USA
1962
1962 Los Angeles
vintage 8mm film
classic American cars
1960s people
retro fashion
vintage home movie
1960s cars
1960s lifestyle
classic automobiles
1960s fashion
vintage footage
1960s leisure
1960s California
8mm home movie
vintage cars
vintage 8mm

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Los Angeles-area home-movie requests needing everyday automobile culture, parking-lot arrivals, or mid-century leisure cutaways.
Period detail: The clip shows early 1960s clothing, whitewall tires, tailfins, sedans, and a pink Cadillac-style car, with distant hills visible beyond the lot.
Home-movie behavior: People walk, gather, and get into cars in an unstaged home-movie view, with casual body language and no apparent performance for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults in summer clothing, parked classic cars, open car doors, a pink car, a blue sedan, a white pickup, pavement, and hazy hills.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, faded color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that support its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century travel, car culture, roadside leisure, or family outing sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects car-centered social movement in a public or semi-public parking area, with adults moving between vehicles under a broad Western landscape.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no clear logos are readable, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Searches such as 1960s Los Angeles home movie cars, vintage parking lot arrivals, 8mm classic American automobiles, and mid-century travel cutaway may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then with 1962 Los Angeles footage, then with related 1960s car culture, roadside stop, or family travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles-area home-movie frame showing adults in summer clothing walking between parked classic cars near distant hills. — Adults gather and walk through a parking lot of early 1960s cars.

Adults in 1960s clothing stand and walk near a pink car, blue sedan, and other parked vehicles in a Los Angeles-area lot. — People pause beside parked cars with hills beyond the lot.

A man in a light shirt stands at an open classic car door, with more vehicles and hazy hills visible in the background. — A man stands beside an open car door in the parking lot.

Close 8mm frame of a classic car with an open door, partial figures, a white pickup, and hills beyond the parking area. — A classic car door remains open as people move around nearby vehicles.

Visually Similar Clips