Los Angeles California USA-1962: Two Brave Swimmers Wading In Medium Ocean Waves

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

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Two Brave Swimmers Wading In Medium Ocean Waves — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures two swimmers braving the medium waves at a California beach. The footage, framed by the classic black borders of Super 8 film, shows a person in a pink swim cap and dark swimsuit wading through the surf under a clear sky. The ocean stretches to the horizon with gentle waves breaking, and a distant boat is visible. The warm, slightly faded color palette and natural grain give the clip an authentic retro feel, evoking mid-century American seaside 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: 123753131

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: 1960s Los Angeles-area beach home-movie footage suited for documentary inserts about mid-century American seaside recreation and ocean swimming.
Period detail: The footage may show early 1960s leisurewear and beachgoing habits, with swimmers in simple caps and dark suits framed by an 8mm home-movie camera at the shoreline.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged view of swimmers lingering in active surf while the camera watches from shore, emphasizing casual family or vacation observation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include breaking ocean waves, two distant swimmers, a pink swim cap, dark swimwear, open horizon, blue sky, foam patterns, and black film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has an 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, handheld steadiness, and rounded black frame edges from the scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for beach visits, summer recreation, ocean risk, or California family travel sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects ordinary mid-century beach leisure without identifying a specific beach, event, or named person beyond the supplied Los Angeles-area metadata.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so copyright licensing should be considered separately from any likeness or location concerns, with no logos or private property visible.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1962 8mm Los Angeles beach swimmers, vintage California surf home movie, 1960s ocean waves, and mid-century beach recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Los Angeles or 1962 beach footage, then broader California surf and family vacation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles-area beach footage showing a distant swimmer wading in choppy surf beneath a clear horizon. — A swimmer stands in breaking ocean waves as the camera looks out from shore.

A distant swimmer, likely wearing a pink cap and dark suit, stands in medium surf in 1962 Los Angeles-area beach footage. — The swimmer remains upright in the surf as waves break across the frame.

Los Angeles-area 8mm footage from 1962 shows a swimmer bracing in the surf as a wave forms behind them. — A wave lifts behind the swimmer while foam spreads across the foreground water.

Two distant swimmers are visible in churning surf in 1962 Los Angeles-area beach home-movie footage. — Two swimmers appear separated in the waves as the surf rolls toward shore.

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