Acapulco Mexico-1962: Coastal Houses On Green Hillside Overlooking Blue Water

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationAcapulco, Mexico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Acapulco Mexico

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Coastal Houses On Green Hillside Overlooking Blue Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a scenic view of Acapulco, Mexico, from a boat. The clip shows a lush, green hillside dotted with modern houses and structures nestled among tropical vegetation, overlooking the deep blue water. The camera pans across the coastline, revealing a mix of residential buildings and a prominent high-rise under construction. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color saturation, and a slightly faded quality, evoking a nostalgic mid-century travel memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123725576

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 1835 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: pyramid,university city,$80000 house,floating gardens
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: dallas,mexico city
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: Acapulco, Mexico 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 1960s travel footage for productions needing an Acapulco coastal establishing view from the water.
Period detail: The hillside residences, waterfront setting, and visible construction may show mid-century resort development in Acapulco.
Home-movie behavior: The view has a visitor-shot boat perspective, observing the shoreline casually rather than staging a formal scenic postcard.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue water, a green hillside, scattered houses, rocky shore, tropical trees, and a high-rise structure under construction.
Film character: The 8mm image has saturated blues and greens, soft focus, mild gate edges, and handheld framing typical of home-movie travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, travel transition, or brief memory beat for coastal Mexico in the early 1960s.
Historical context: The clip documents a waterside view of hillside housing and construction in a resort landscape without showing identifiable people.
Research note: No people are visible, but visible structures and reported brand/logo flags should be reviewed separately from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Search matches include 1962 8mm Acapulco coastline, Mexico home movie from boat, hillside houses over blue water, and resort construction footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Acapulco views, then broader mid-century coastal travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Acapulco shoreline view from a boat, with hillside homes, tropical trees, and blue water in the foreground. — Hillside homes overlook the water along the Acapulco coast.

Acapulco coastal hillside in 1962, showing residences among greenery above the bay as filmed from a moving boat. — Residences sit among dense greenery above the bay.

Boat-level 8mm view of Acapulco hillside housing and shoreline vegetation, with blue water across the lower frame. — The camera passes a layered hillside of houses and trees.

1962 Acapulco shoreline view with hillside homes, dense vegetation, and a tall structure visible above the water. — A tall structure rises among hillside buildings near the coast.

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