Los Angeles California USA-1962: Woman Running Into Ocean From Beach

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

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Woman Running Into Ocean From Beach — Clip Details

A woman in a vintage black swimsuit and pink swim cap runs along a sandy beach toward the ocean in this 1962 8mm home movie. Shot from a fixed perspective through a dark frame, the footage captures her movement from the shoreline into the shallow waves under a clear blue sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded color saturation, and natural light, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American beach day. The scene is quiet and personal, with no other people visible, emphasizing a solitary moment of summer recreation.

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: 123753077

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 requests needing 1960s Los Angeles beach recreation footage for documentary, museum, education, or period memory sequences.
Period detail: The black one-piece swimsuit and pink swim cap may show early-1960s leisurewear, supported by the 1962 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: A single woman runs from the sand into the surf, giving the scene an unstaged family-film feeling rather than a posed beach view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a sandy beach, breaking surf, open ocean, blue sky, one swimmer, a dark film gate, and small dust marks.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, faded color, visible grain, gate edges, and slight exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, summer transition, or period cutaway within a beach or family recreation sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows solitary seaside recreation in Southern California, with no visible crowds, landmarks, vehicles, or commercial signage in frame.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; users should review likeness rights separately from copyright and confirm any project-specific clearance needs.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 Los Angeles beach home movie, 8mm woman running into ocean, vintage California surf, and 1960s swimsuit footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel beach shots, then with 1962 Los Angeles or California coast material, then with broader summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1962 Los Angeles beach footage, a woman in a dark swimsuit and pink swim cap runs from the sand toward breaking surf. — A woman runs from the beach toward the shallow waves.

The woman reaches the wet sand near the surf, with the ocean horizon and dark 8mm frame edges visible. — The swimmer pauses or slows near the edge of the surf.

A distant woman wades into the shallow Pacific surf, seen through a soft 8mm home-movie frame. — The woman moves farther into the breaking waves.

The woman stands or wades among white waves, with empty sand in the foreground and a blue ocean horizon behind her. — The swimmer is now in the surf beyond the wet shoreline.

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