Los Angeles California USA-1962: Woman Sunbathes On White Towel While Others Play In Ocean

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

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Woman Sunbathes On White Towel While Others Play In Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day at the beach in Los Angeles, California. The footage shows people swimming and playing in the ocean waves, with a woman sunbathing on a white towel on the sand beside a red inflatable mattress. The scene is framed by the dark border of a film projector, with visible grain and scratches characteristic of Super 8 footage. The warm, slightly faded colors evoke a nostalgic 1960s summer vacation atmosphere.

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: 123753167

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 for documentary inserts about leisure, summer travel, surf culture, or family vacation memory.
Period detail: The swimwear, inflatable beach mattress, faded color stock, and 8mm home-movie framing may show a casual Southern California beach outing in the early 1960s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged vacation value, alternating between people wading in rough surf and a woman resting on a towel beside beach gear.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean waves, swimmers, sandy beach, a woman sunbathing, a white towel, a red inflatable mattress, dark film borders, and surface scratches.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture through soft focus, visible grain, gate borders, mild scratches, faded color, and a steady but informal home-movie viewpoint.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief beach-life insert, summer transition, vacation memory beat, or cutaway between broader Los Angeles or coastal sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents casual public beach recreation, with people in the surf and a sunbather on the sand, without visible landmarks or identifiable commercial signage.
Research note: People and at least one face are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, though no logos or private property are apparent.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s Los Angeles beach home movie, 8mm surf and swimmers, vintage California sunbathing, and family vacation 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 summer and ocean recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles beach footage shows several people in choppy ocean water, with soft focus, faded color, and dark film-gate edges. — Swimmers and waders move through breaking surf at a sunny beach.

1962 Los Angeles beach scene with swimmers partly obscured by waves, faded blue water, and dark 8mm frame edges. — Beachgoers are partly visible among rolling waves near shore.

1962 Los Angeles beach footage shows a woman reclining on a white towel beside a red inflatable mattress on the sand. — A sunbather rests on a towel next to a red beach mattress.

1962 Los Angeles beach home movie frame with a woman sunbathing on a white towel beside a red inflatable mattress and scattered beach items. — The sunbather remains on the towel as beach gear lies nearby on the sand.

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