Los Angeles California USA-1962: Woman Swimming At The Beach

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

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Woman Swimming At The Beach — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched day at the beach in Los Angeles, California. A woman in a dark swimsuit and pink swim cap stands waist-deep in the ocean as waves break around her. Other swimmers are visible further out in the blue water under a clear sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and a dark frame border, evoking authentic mid-century Americana. This archival clip offers nostalgic, authentic beach life footage for documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 123753142

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 beach home-movie footage suited to documentary or editorial requests for mid-century coastal recreation and ocean swimming.
Period detail: The dark one-piece swimsuit, pink swim cap, 8mm color palette, and home-movie framing may show early-1960s beach leisure without identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged vacation moment as a woman stands in breaking surf while other swimmers move in the background.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rolling ocean waves, white surf, a woman in a dark swimsuit and pink cap, distant swimmers, blue horizon, clear sky, and dark film borders.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color fading, exposure variation, gate edges, and minor scratches as part of its physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, beach cutaway, vacation transition, or memory beat within a sequence about Los Angeles coastal life.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for casual public beach recreation in the 1960s, limited to swimmers and surf rather than a named beach or event.
Research note: People are visible but not identifiable in detail; copyright, likeness, and any location permissions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 Los Angeles beach home movie, vintage 8mm ocean swimming, 1960s California surf, and woman in swim cap footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles beach clips, then broader 1960s California vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles beach home-movie frame showing a woman in a dark swimsuit and pink swim cap standing in foamy ocean surf. — A woman stands in breaking surf while other swimmers are visible beyond the waves.

1962 Los Angeles beach footage frame with a woman waist-deep in surf, distant swimmers, blue water, and a clear horizon. — The swimmer remains near the center of the frame as waves roll toward shore.

1962 Los Angeles beach home-movie frame showing a woman in the surf with waves, distant swimmers, and a small boat offshore. — A wider surf moment shows the woman closer to shore with distant activity on the water.

1962 Los Angeles beach frame with a woman in a dark swimsuit standing in rolling surf under a clear sky. — Breaking waves pass around the woman as swimmers remain visible farther out.

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