Los Angeles California USA-1962: Woman Swimming in Ocean Waves at Beach

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

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Woman Swimming in Ocean Waves at Beach — Clip Details

A woman in a vintage one-piece swimsuit and pink swim cap stands in the ocean waves at a California beach in 1962. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures her enjoying the water, turning to face the camera, and raising her arm as waves crash around her. The scene has a nostalgic, sun-drenched quality with faded blue and purple tones typical of 1960s home movies. The grainy texture and film edges enhance its authentic vintage feel, offering a candid glimpse of mid-century beach recreation.

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: 123714620

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 California beach recreation requests needing a brief home-movie insert of an adult woman standing and wading in ocean surf.
Period detail: The one-piece swimsuit, swim cap, 8mm format, and faded color palette support a mid-century beach scene consistent with the 1962 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged vacation moment as the woman faces the water, turns near the camera, and reacts to incoming waves.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult swimmer, pink swim cap, dark swimsuit, breaking surf, open ocean horizon, wet shoreline, and film frame edges.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, blue-purple color fading, handheld framing, and visible gate edges that contribute to its home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a beach cutaway, memory beat, summer recreation insert, or transition within a sequence on coastal leisure.
Historical context: The scene documents casual adult seaside recreation in Los Angeles County as represented in family-shot color home movies from the early 1960s.
Research note: An adult person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, brands, private property, or audible music are indicated in the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 Los Angeles beach home movie, 8mm woman swimming in ocean waves, vintage California surf, and mid-century seaside leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with Los Angeles or 1962 beach footage, then with broader 1960s swimming, surf, and vacation recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1962 Los Angeles beach footage, an adult woman in a dark swimsuit and pink swim cap stands in shallow surf facing the ocean. — Woman stands in the surf as waves break ahead of her.

An adult woman in a vintage swimsuit and pink swim cap stands side-on in foamy surf at a Los Angeles beach in 1962. — The swimmer turns sideways as white surf rolls around her legs.

The woman crouches or braces in the shallow surf while a wave breaks around her in this 1962 California beach home movie frame. — A wave reaches the swimmer as she lowers herself in the surf.

An adult woman in a pink swim cap stands in foamy ocean water at a Los Angeles beach, with open water and surf behind her. — The swimmer stands in foamy water with the ocean horizon behind her.

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