South Carolina USA-1961: Family Swimming and Relaxing on Beach

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationSouth Carolina, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 South Carolina

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Family Swimming and Relaxing on Beach — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a family enjoying a sunny day at the beach in South Carolina. A woman in a patterned one-piece swimsuit walks along the shoreline, while another person wades into the gentle waves. A man carries a pink inflatable pool toy across the sand. The footage shows classic mid-century beachwear and a relaxed, nostalgic atmosphere, with natural film grain and slight motion blur characteristic of Super 8 home movies.

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: 123732449

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: South Carolina, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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: 1960s South Carolina beach home-movie footage suited for documentary inserts about family leisure, seaside vacations, and mid-century summer recreation.
Period detail: The patterned one-piece swimsuit, simple trunks, and inflatable beach mat may show early-1960s vacation clothing and casual shoreline play.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value, with beachgoers posing, wading, and floating in surf as the camera records relaxed family activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include sandy beach, low dunes, surf, swimmers, a patterned swimsuit, dark swim trunks, and a pink inflatable float.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that give the footage physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, beach-day cutaway, vacation transition, or period leisure insert.
Historical context: The footage visually documents ordinary seaside recreation in South Carolina, emphasizing informal family beachgoing rather than a public event or landmark.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from appearance rights.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1961 South Carolina beach home movie, 1960s family swimming footage, vintage 8mm seaside vacation, and mid-century beachwear.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with footage from the same reel, then South Carolina or 1961 beach material, then broader 1960s family vacation and swimming themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 South Carolina home-movie frame of a woman in a patterned one-piece swimsuit standing on a sandy beach near low dunes. — A woman stands on the beach in a patterned swimsuit, with sand and dunes behind her.

1961 South Carolina beach frame showing a person in dark swim trunks standing near shallow surf on wet sand. — A beachgoer stands near the waterline on open sand.

1961 South Carolina home-movie frame of a swimmer on a pink inflatable float as small waves break around them. — A swimmer rides a pink inflatable float through foamy surf.

1961 South Carolina beach frame showing a swimmer leaning on a pink inflatable float in moving ocean water. — A swimmer leans forward on a pink inflatable float in the surf.

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