Los Angeles California USA-1962: Beach Scene With Woman In Pink Swim Cap Running

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Beach Scene With Woman In Pink Swim Cap Running — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched beach scene in Los Angeles, California. The footage shows gentle waves rolling onto the shore, with a few people walking along the sand. A woman in a black bathing suit and a pink swim cap runs toward the water, her silhouette framed against the blue ocean. The image has a distinct 1960s color palette with faded blues and purples, characteristic of aged Super 8 film. The view is framed by the film's edge, adding to its authentic, nostalgic feel. This archival clip evokes classic Americana and mid-century beach culture.

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: 123714739

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 Southern California beach-life requests needing short editorial or documentary home-movie views of surf, shoreline walkers, and a swimmer entering the water.
Period detail: The clip shows 1962 8mm beach footage with period color rendering, simple swimwear, and a pink swim cap, while no specific landmark is visible in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual, unstaged beach observation, with distant walkers and a woman in a bathing suit running toward the surf from a personal filming perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean waves, wet sand, low beach vegetation or dunes, distant shoreline walkers, a woman in a black bathing suit, a pink swim cap, film-frame borders, and blue-purple aged color.
Film character: The footage carries a home-movie 8mm look with soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, handheld framing, and dark film-gate edges around the image.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century Los Angeles beach culture, family travel, summer recreation, or coastal atmosphere.
Historical context: The scene reflects everyday public beach recreation in early-1960s Los Angeles, showing surf, walkers, and swim activity without identifiable signage or built landmarks.
Research note: People are visible, including a swimmer and distant beachgoers, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos, private property, children, or audible music are indicated.
Research search match: Researcher searches might include 1962 Los Angeles beach home movie, 8mm California shoreline waves, woman pink swim cap, vintage beachgoers, and 1960s coastal recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles beach material, then broader 1960s California surf, swimming, and seaside leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm beach view with distant people walking along the shoreline, waves breaking offshore, and dark film-frame edges visible. — Distant walkers along the surf line.

1962 Los Angeles beach footage showing two distant figures near breaking waves, with sand, surf, and the 8mm frame edge visible. — Two figures near the shoreline.

1962 Los Angeles coastal home-movie view of surf and sand from above the beach, with low vegetation in the foreground and small distant figures near the water. — Surf and beach from the dunes.

1962 Los Angeles beach scene with a woman in a black bathing suit and pink swim cap running across wet sand toward the breaking surf. — Woman runs toward the water.

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