Los Angeles California USA-1962: Woman in Striped Top Overlooking Beach and Ocean Waves

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

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Woman in Striped Top Overlooking Beach and Ocean Waves — Clip Details

A woman in a colorful striped top stands on a cliff overlooking a sun-drenched beach in Los Angeles, California, in 1962. Her dark, styled hair is visible in profile as she gazes at the ocean waves rolling onto the shore. The 8mm film captures the vibrant blue water, sandy beach, and distant figures enjoying the day. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight color fading, characteristic of vintage home movie footage from the early 1960s.

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: 123714906

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: Solves early-1960s California coastal lifestyle requests for documentary B-roll, nostalgia reels, or mid-century American travel retrospectives.
Period detail: Woman's dark pinned updo and sleeveless striped blouse are consistent with early-1960s casual fashion; slight color fading and film scratches support a circa-1962 date.
Home-movie behavior: Filmed from behind rather than posed, giving an authentic over-the-shoulder tourist vantage onto the beach—typical of how home-movie makers framed a view rather than a person.
What appears in frame: Woman in striped sleeveless top, dark styled updo, sandy beach below, low dune scrub vegetation, scattered distant beachgoers, breaking ocean waves, blue sky, white object in hand.
Film character: Moderate grain, visible vertical scratches, softened color saturation in the blue sky, and slight vignetting at frame edges are characteristic of 8mm home-movie stock from the early 1960s.
Edit role: Functions as a contemplative memory beat or POV insert cutting away from beach-level action to an elevated tourist viewpoint.
Historical context: An elevated clifftop perspective over a busy public beach reflects mid-century American leisure culture and the growth of California coastal tourism in the early 1960s.
Research note: Subject's face is not visible (rear shot), but likeness review is still advised; small distant figures are present and likely unidentifiable; no brands or private property apparent.
Research search match: 1960s California beach woman overlooking ocean, vintage home movie coast vantage point, early 1960s summer holiday 8mm footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from the same reel; then with 1960s Los Angeles or California coastline footage; then with mid-century tourist POV and beach leisure clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Dark-haired woman in striped blouse overlooking a California beach, rear view; 8mm home movie, circa 1962. — Woman in striped top surveys a sun-drenched California beach from an elevated viewpoint, 1962.

Dark-haired woman in striped blouse, rear view, overlooking California coastline; 8mm home movie framing, circa 1962. — Continued elevated view of the beach; woman in striped top holds a white object, 1962.

Wider beach view with woman in striped blouse in foreground; distant beachgoers visible on the sand; 8mm home movie, Los Angeles, circa 1962. — Wider beach panorama reveals scattered beachgoers on the sand below, 1962.

Close rear view of woman in striped blouse; broad beach and ocean horizon behind her; 8mm home movie, California, circa 1962. — Closer framing of the woman in striped top; beach and distant figures remain visible, 1962.

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