Los Angeles California USA-1962: View Of Blue Sea Surf Splashing Against Rocks

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

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View Of Blue Sea Surf Splashing Against Rocks — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched coastal view from Los Angeles, California. The footage shows deep blue ocean waves crashing against rugged rocks and a rocky shoreline, with white surf foaming along the cliffs. The view is framed by the dark border of a film projector, emphasizing its authentic Super 8 origin. The scene evokes a sense of classic Americana and seaside nostalgia, with natural light highlighting the textures of the rocks and the motion of the water.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123713136

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 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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Los Angeles coastal archive requests needing noncommercial ocean, surf, cliff, or rocky shoreline footage for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The frames show color 8mm coastal scenery from a visitor viewpoint, with no visible clothing, vehicles, signage, or built landmarks to independently date the scene beyond the supplied 1962 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, lingering on waves, cliffs, and offshore rocks as a traveler records a scenic coastal stop.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include deep blue ocean water, white surf, rugged tan cliffs, dark offshore rocks, a curving shoreline, and black film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and dark gate edges that preserve the physical home-movie scan texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a coastal insert, scenic transition, memory beat, or cutaway between Los Angeles travel or Pacific shoreline sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents leisure-era coastal sightseeing rather than a public event, showing a natural shoreline view without people, buildings, or readable identifiers.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but users should still confirm copyright, location attribution, and any property or coastline access concerns for their use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 8mm Los Angeles coast footage, California surf on rocks, vintage home movie ocean cliffs, and Pacific shoreline cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel coastal shots, then other 1962 Los Angeles or California shoreline footage, then broader vintage surf, ocean, and rocky coast material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles-area coastal view with blue Pacific water, white surf, tan cliffs, and dark rocks seen through 8mm frame edges. — Wide view of waves breaking along a rocky California shoreline.

Los Angeles coastal home-movie frame showing blue water, foaming surf, tan cliff faces, and offshore rocks in a 1962 8mm scan. — Surf curls around the base of rugged cliffs and offshore rocks.

Closer 1962 coastal shot of a dark offshore rock surrounded by white surf and deep blue water, with soft 8mm color grain. — White waves break around a dark offshore rock formation.

1962 Los Angeles-area shoreline detail with a jagged offshore rock, white surf, blue sea, and visible 8mm frame border. — A jagged rock stands in the surf off the California coast.

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