Los Angeles California USA-1962: Beach Scene With Waves And Sunbathers

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

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Beach Scene With Waves And Sunbathers — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched beach scene in Los Angeles, California. Viewed through the frame of a window or doorway, the footage shows gentle waves rolling onto the sandy shore, with a few people relaxing and swimming in the ocean. The color palette features a distinct purple-blue sky and ocean, characteristic of aged film stock. Dunes with sparse vegetation line the foreground, and the grainy texture and slight motion blur evoke a nostalgic, personal memory of a summer day by the sea.

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: 123753045

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 atmosphere for documentaries, education, or period memory sequences.
Period detail: The clip shows a sparse sandy beach, low dunes, simple swim-and-sunbathing activity, and aged color consistent with early-1960s home-movie material.
Home-movie behavior: The viewpoint feels informal and observational, watching distant beachgoers and surf from behind a window, doorway, or shaded structure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean waves, open sand, low dunes with vegetation, a few sunbathers, distant swimmers, horizon line, and dark framing edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, purple-blue color shift, slight blur, and gate-edge framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a beach cutaway, summer memory insert, coastal transition, or quiet establishing beat for Los Angeles in the 1960s.
Historical context: The footage provides a casual view of midcentury beach recreation without identifying specific people, landmarks, or organized public events.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed even though no logos, music, or private property are apparent in the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 Los Angeles beach 8mm footage, vintage California surf home movie, sunbathers on sand, and 1960s ocean waves.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then 1962 Los Angeles or California coast footage, then broader vintage beach and summer recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles beach view on 8mm film, showing waves, open sand, low dunes, and distant sunbathers through a dark foreground frame. — Waves roll toward a sandy Los Angeles beach with a few distant beachgoers and dunes in the foreground.

Distant 1962 Los Angeles beach scene with surf bands, open sand, low dune vegetation, and small figures relaxing near the shoreline. — A wide beach view shows surf, sand, and a few small figures scattered near the waterline.

Aged 8mm frame of a Los Angeles beach in 1962, with layered surf, open sand, dune vegetation, and people visible as small distant figures. — The camera holds on the beach as waves break beyond scattered sunbathers and foreground dunes.

1962 Los Angeles beach footage showing surf, sand, dune vegetation, and several distant people seated or standing near the shoreline. — Several small figures appear along the sand while waves break offshore behind the dune foreground.

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