Los Angeles California USA-1962: Woman Swimming In The Ocean

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

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Woman Swimming In The Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a dark one-piece swimsuit and pink swim cap entering the ocean at a sun-drenched beach. The footage, framed by the dark border of a film projector, shows her wading through gentle waves under a clear blue sky. The color palette features faded blues and purples, with visible film grain and slight color shifts characteristic of Super 8 footage. This authentic slice of mid-century Americana evokes nostalgia for 1960s beach culture and family vacations.

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: 123714664

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 brief home-movie footage of an adult swimmer entering ocean surf.
Period detail: The dark one-piece swimsuit, bright swim cap, faded color, and 8mm home-movie framing support an early-1960s leisure-beach reading.
Home-movie behavior: The woman wades and plays in the breakers as the camera observes from the beach, giving the clip an informal family-vacation viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open ocean, breaking waves, wet sand, a woman in a dark swimsuit, a pink swim cap, blue sky, film-frame borders, and distant shoreline.
Film character: The scan shows visible grain, soft focus, purple-blue color drift, gate edges, and handheld framing typical of small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, beach cutaway, transition into vacation material, or visual insert for mid-century ocean recreation.
Historical context: The clip documents casual beach recreation in Los Angeles in 1962 without identifying a specific beach, event, or named participant.
Research note: An adult person is visible, so likeness clearance may be relevant; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 Los Angeles 8mm beach footage, woman swimming in ocean, vintage California surf, and 1960s home-movie vacation scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel beach material, then Los Angeles 1962 outdoor footage, then broader 1960s California swimming or vacation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles home-movie frame showing ocean surf and wet sand from the beach, with a distant figure in the water. — A wide look across the shoreline and rolling surf before the swimmer comes closer.

Adult woman in a dark one-piece swimsuit and pink swim cap enters the surf at a Los Angeles beach in 1962. — The swimmer steps into the breaking waves with arms out for balance.

The woman wades through white foam in a dark swimsuit and pink swim cap, filmed close to shore on 8mm. — The swimmer moves through shallow, foamy surf near the shoreline.

Adult woman in a dark swimsuit and pink cap stands in the surf as waves break behind her at the beach. — The swimmer pauses in the water while surf rolls across the frame behind her.

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