Los Angeles California USA-1962: People Swimming In The Ocean At Beach

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

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People Swimming In The Ocean At Beach — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched beach scene in Los Angeles, California. A woman in a dark swimsuit and pink swim cap stands in the ocean surf, while other swimmers enjoy the waves in the background. The footage shows natural movement of the waves and the casual, joyful atmosphere of a summer day at the coast. The image has the characteristic grain, color fade, and slight distortion of Super 8 film, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

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: 123714541

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 for 1960s Los Angeles beach-life requests needing real 8mm home-movie footage of swimmers in ocean surf.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s recreational swimwear, including a dark one-piece suit and bright swim cap, with no visible landmarks or brands.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged beach observation: swimmers stand, wade, and move casually through breaking waves from a shore-facing home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean surf, horizon line, swimmers, a woman in a pink swim cap, foamy waves, blue water, and soft film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, faded blue color, gate weave, soft focus, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, summer memory beat, coastal transition, or archival insert for midcentury leisure on the California shore.
Historical context: The footage documents casual public beach recreation in the Los Angeles area without supporting identification of a specific beach, event, or named individuals.
Research note: People are visible and may require likeness review for some uses; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted-person rights.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1962 Los Angeles beach home movie, 8mm swimmers in surf, vintage California ocean footage, and 1960s beach recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles beach footage, then broader 1960s swimming and seaside leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles-area beach footage showing a swimmer in a pink cap standing in foamy surf while other bathers appear farther out. — A swimmer stands in the shallow surf as waves break behind her.

1962 Los Angeles-area beach scene with a swimmer standing in the breaking surf and small figures visible beyond the whitewater. — The swimmer remains in the surf as waves roll toward shore.

1962 Los Angeles-area beach footage showing a swimmer wading in white surf with several distant bathers farther offshore. — A swimmer wades through whitewater near the shoreline.

1962 Los Angeles-area beach view with multiple swimmers in the water and one cap-wearing swimmer near the foreground surf. — Multiple swimmers are visible beyond the foreground surf.

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