Los Angeles California USA-1962: Sandy Beach With Ocean Waves and People Swimming

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

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Sandy Beach With Ocean Waves and People Swimming — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene beach scene in Los Angeles, California. The footage shows gentle ocean waves rolling onto a sandy shore under a deep blue sky, with a few people enjoying the water in the distance. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a slightly faded quality, evoking a nostalgic 1960s summer day. The handheld camera remains mostly static, offering a personal, intimate view of a classic American beach outing.

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: 123714417

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: 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 1960s Los Angeles beach footage for documentary inserts, coastal recreation sequences, or period home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The frames may show early-1960s beach leisure through distant swimmers, open shoreline, and the saturated blue 8mm color palette.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in an unstaged shoreline view, with the camera lingering on waves and small figures wading or swimming at a distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include sandy shore, rolling surf, wet beach, deep blue sky, distant swimmers, low horizon, and dark film gate edges.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, blue color shift, handheld framing, exposure variation, and rounded frame edges from the scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, summer memory beat, coastal transition, or quiet establishing insert.
Historical context: The footage gives a modest home-movie view of public beach recreation in Los Angeles without identifying a specific beach or event.
Research note: People are visible only as distant figures, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos, music, private property, or brands are apparent.
Research search match: Searches for 1962 Los Angeles beach home movie, 8mm ocean waves, 1960s California swimmers, or vintage sandy shore may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel beach shots, then other Los Angeles 1962 footage, then broader 1960s California coast and summer leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles home-movie frame showing a sandy beach, low surf, blue sky, and dark rounded film gate edges. — A quiet sandy shoreline with small waves rolling in beneath a blue sky.

1962 Los Angeles beach frame with white surf, wet sand, blue sky, and distant people in the water. — Distant beachgoers stand in the surf as waves break along the shore.

1962 Los Angeles home-movie view of foamy ocean waves washing over wet beach beneath a blue sky. — Foam spreads across the wet shoreline in a soft, grainy 8mm frame.

1962 Los Angeles beach frame showing waves, wet sand, distant swimmers, blue sky, and visible 8mm gate edges. — Small figures gather near the waterline as surf rolls onto the beach.

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