Los Angeles California USA-1962: Person Runs Into Water As The Waves Come

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

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Person Runs Into Water As The Waves Come — Clip Details

A person in a dark swimsuit runs into the ocean waves on a sunny day at a California beach in 1962. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures the classic summer vacation scene with natural grain, soft color saturation, and a slightly faded blue tint. The individual wades into the surf as gentle waves break on the shore, framed by the black borders of the film strip. This authentic archival footage evokes nostalgia for mid-century American 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: 123714694

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Los Angeles beach-life requests needing brief archival home-movie surf, swimming, vacation, or coastal recreation footage.
Period detail: The footage may show early-1960s leisure through dark swimwear, open sandy shoreline, simple beach activity, and soft 8mm color typical of family travel films.
Home-movie behavior: A distant person runs or wades into breaking waves from a casual shore-level home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a sandy beach, blue ocean, white surf, a distant swimmer or wader, open sky, film-strip borders, and light dust marks.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, faded blue color, slight exposure variation, handheld framing, and black frame borders from the scanned film strip.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, coastal cutaway, vacation memory beat, or transition into mid-century California summer scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects ordinary beach recreation in archival home-movie form without visible landmarks or identifiable public events.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed even though no logos, brands, private property, or audible music are indicated.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 Los Angeles beach home movie, 8mm California surf, vintage ocean swimming, and 1960s summer vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Los Angeles 1962 beach material, then broader 1960s California vacation or ocean recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles beach footage shows a distant person entering the surf as white waves break near shore. — A person stands or moves in shallow surf as waves roll toward the beach.

A distant beachgoer appears in the Los Angeles surf, framed by sandy foreground and blue 8mm film color. — The beachgoer is partly surrounded by shallow waves near the shoreline.

A distant person remains in the shallow surf at a California beach in this soft, grainy 8mm frame. — A figure wades in the surf while foam spreads across the shoreline.

The final frame shows breaking surf on a Los Angeles beach with a very distant swimmer or wader offshore. — White surf crosses the frame as the distant beachgoer becomes harder to see.

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