Los Angeles California USA-1962: People Enjoying The Shore Of The Beach

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

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People Enjoying The Shore Of The Beach — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched beach scene in Los Angeles, California. The footage shows people enjoying the shore, with figures walking along the sand and one person in a pink swim cap running toward the waves. The ocean stretches to the horizon under a clear sky, its blue water breaking into white foam. The image has a distinct 1960s color palette with faded blues and purples, typical of aged Super 8 film, and shows natural grain and slight damage. This archival clip evokes a nostalgic, carefree summer day at the coast.

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: 123753067

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Los Angeles coastal life requests needing home-movie beach activity, shoreline atmosphere, or informal recreation cutaways.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s beachwear and leisure behavior, with a dark one-piece swimsuit and bright swim cap visible in one closer shoreline view.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged movement of beachgoers walking along the sand and a swimmer heading toward the surf from a visitor-held viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean surf, sandy beach, low coastal vegetation, distant walkers, a swimmer in a pink cap, horizon line, and aged film borders.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, blue-purple color shift, visible grain, gate edges, minor scratches, and handheld framing that support its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, coastal transition, vacation memory beat, or period recreation cutaway for Los Angeles beach life.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for casual public beach recreation in Los Angeles, showing ordinary shore activity rather than a staged event.
Research note: People are visible but not closely identifiable in most frames; copyright, likeness, and any location permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 Los Angeles beach home movie, 8mm California shoreline, vintage beachgoers walking, and swimmer running to surf.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles coastal material, then broader vintage California beach recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm beach scene with distant walkers along the shoreline, blue ocean surf, sand, and coastal vegetation. — Distant beachgoers walk along the shore beside breaking waves.

1962 Los Angeles beach view with two distant figures on wet sand, white surf, open ocean, and dark film edges. — Two people walk near the waterline as waves break offshore.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm coastal view with foamy surf, beach sand, foreground vegetation, and tiny figures near the waves. — The camera looks over coastal plants toward swimmers and surf.

1962 Los Angeles beach frame showing a person in a pink swim cap and dark swimsuit moving toward the breaking waves. — A swimmer in a pink cap heads from the beach toward the surf.

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