Los Angeles California USA-1962: People Swimming At A Beach With High Surf

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

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People Swimming At A Beach With High Surf — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched beach scene in Los Angeles, California. Viewed through a dark frame, likely a window or doorway, the clip shows gentle waves rolling onto the shore with a few swimmers enjoying the water. The sandy beach is bordered by dunes with sparse greenery, under a clear blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, authentic 1960s family vacation feel. The perspective suggests a relaxed, observational moment from a nearby vantage point.

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: 123753035

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 Los Angeles beach-life requests needing real 8mm home-movie views of surf, sand, and swimmers for documentary, education, or period lifestyle edits.
Period detail: The scene may show early-1960s Southern California leisure through sparse beach crowds, undeveloped dunes, and color 8mm home-movie framing rather than identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual observer's viewpoint, with swimmers small in the surf and the camera looking past a dark foreground edge toward the beach.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rolling ocean waves, high surf, sandy beach, low dune vegetation, distant swimmers, blue sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm texture through soft focus, visible grain, blue color shift, gate weave, dust marks, and rounded frame edges from the physical scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief beach insert, coastal transition, vacation memory beat, or atmospheric cutaway within a Los Angeles or 1960s leisure sequence.
Historical context: The footage supports a general view of mid-century beach recreation in Los Angeles, with people entering the water and the shoreline presented without commercial signage.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate from depicted-person rights.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1962 Los Angeles beach home movie, 8mm California surf, vintage swimmers in ocean, and 1960s Southern California shoreline footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles beach material, then broader 1960s California surf and family-vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles beach view on 8mm film, showing high surf, sand, dune plants, and small distant swimmers beyond a dark foreground frame. — High surf breaks beyond low dunes on a Los Angeles beach.

1962 Los Angeles coastal home-movie frame with rolling surf, open sand, low dune growth, and tiny figures in the water. — Rolling surf and sparse beach activity seen from behind a dark edge.

8mm 1962 Los Angeles beach footage shows high surf, a quiet stretch of sand, dune vegetation, and distant swimmers under a blue sky. — Quiet sand and low dunes lead toward swimmers in the surf.

Los Angeles beach scene from 1962 with choppy surf, broad sand, low dune plants, and tiny swimmers visible in the ocean. — Distant swimmers appear in the choppy surf beyond a broad beach.

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