Los Angeles California USA-1962: A Woman Playing In The Shore Waves At The Beach

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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A Woman Playing In The Shore Waves At The Beach — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a dark one-piece swimsuit and pink swim cap enjoying the ocean waves at a California beach. The footage, framed by the characteristic black borders of Super 8 film, shows her wading into the surf and playing in the breaking waves under a clear sky. The warm, slightly faded color palette and visible film grain evoke a nostalgic, authentic 1960s summer vacation feel. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects about mid-century American leisure.

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: 123753101

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: 1960s Southern California beach home-movie footage for productions needing mid-century leisure, surfside recreation, or personal vacation atmosphere.
Period detail: The swim cap, dark one-piece suit, 8mm color texture, and metadata-supported 1962 Los Angeles setting place the scene in early 1960s beachgoing.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged adult bather playing in shore break, moving naturally through waves as a home-movie camera watches from the beach.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean surf, sandy shoreline, a woman in a dark swimsuit and pink cap, distant swimmers, blue sky, film borders, and breaking waves.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, gate borders, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short beach insert, vacation memory beat, surfside transition, or cutaway within a broader 1960s leisure sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows casual ocean recreation in a public beach setting, useful for illustrating mid-century American vacation and seaside leisure without broader claims.
Research note: An identifiable adult may be present, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from appearance rights.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1962 Los Angeles beach home movie, 8mm woman in surf, 1960s California beach vacation, and vintage swim cap ocean footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles beach material, then broader 1960s California surf, summer vacation, and seaside recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles beach home-movie frame showing surf rolling toward sand with a distant swimmer near the waterline. — Wide view of the shoreline and waves before the bather enters the foreground.

1962 Los Angeles beach frame with a woman in a dark one-piece swimsuit and pink cap moving into white surf. — A woman moves into the shore break as waves roll in behind her.

Home-movie frame of a woman playing in shallow surf at a Los Angeles beach, with white water surrounding her knees. — The bather braces in the foamy shore break while facing the camera side.

1962 beach home-movie frame showing a woman in a swim cap standing in churning shore water with surf behind her. — The woman stands in the moving surf near the end of the short beach scene.

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