Los Angeles California USA-1962: Woman In One Piece Bathing Suit Frolicking In Ocean Waves

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

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Woman In One Piece Bathing Suit Frolicking In Ocean Waves — Clip Details

A woman in a dark one-piece bathing suit and pink swim cap stands in the ocean waves at a California beach in 1962. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures her standing in the surf, turning, and waving as white-capped waves roll in. The scene has a nostalgic, sun-drenched quality with faded blue and purple tones, characteristic of vintage home movies. The grainy texture and film edge borders enhance the authentic retro feel of this archival clip.

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: 123753115

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 beach-life requests needing home-movie footage of an adult woman in ocean surf for documentary, education, or period recreation edits.
Period detail: The one-piece bathing suit, swim cap, saturated color, and 8mm contact-frame borders support an early-1960s beach leisure setting, with Los Angeles and 1962 supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal behavior as the woman stands, turns, wades, and appears to enjoy the incoming waves from a family or vacation camera viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult woman in a dark swimsuit and pink cap, white surf, blue ocean, distant horizon, wet shoreline water, film borders, and light dust marks.
Film character: The clip has a soft 8mm home-movie look with visible grain, faded blue-purple color, slight handheld framing, rounded frame edges, and intermittent dust or scratches.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a beach cutaway, summer memory beat, transition into Southern California leisure, or insert for midcentury ocean recreation.
Historical context: The footage shows casual seaside recreation in the early 1960s, centered on an adult woman interacting with surf rather than a staged public event.
Research note: An identifiable adult person may be present, so likeness and editorial-use review may be needed separately from copyright or stock-footage licensing.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 Los Angeles beach home movie, 8mm woman in surf, vintage California ocean waves, and 1960s swimsuit beach footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles beach footage, then broader 1960s California seaside and family vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1962 Los Angeles beach footage, an adult woman stands facing ocean waves in a dark one-piece swimsuit and pink swim cap. — Woman stands in the shallow surf as waves break ahead of her.

An adult woman in a dark one-piece swimsuit and pink swim cap stands side-on in foamy Pacific surf, with the ocean horizon behind her. — The woman turns side-on while white water rolls around her legs.

The woman lowers herself into the foamy surf, partially crouched in the water during the 1962 Los Angeles beach home movie. — She dips into the foamy water as a wave passes through the frame.

An adult woman stands upright in the receding surf, framed by blue water, white foam, and rounded 8mm film borders. — The woman stands in receding foam after the wave has broken.

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