Los Angeles California USA-1962: People Enjoying Ocean Waves On Beach

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

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People Enjoying Ocean Waves On Beach — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene beach scene in Los Angeles, California. The footage shows gentle ocean waves rolling onto the sandy shore under a deep blue sky, with a few people enjoying the water in the distance. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a soft focus, evoking a nostalgic 1960s summer day. The dark frame borders and slight film damage add to its authentic archival quality, making it ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic 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: 123753216

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 Los Angeles beach home-movie footage for editors needing a brief coastal leisure insert or archival ocean atmosphere.
Period detail: The scene may show early-1960s beach recreation, with distant swimmers, open shoreline, and no visible modern signage or development in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged visitor perspective, watching surf roll in while small figures stand or wade in the water at a distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue sky, ocean horizon, breaking waves, wet sand, distant beachgoers, dark 8mm frame edges, and light film scratches.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, cool color shift, gate borders, handheld framing, and minor surface marks.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a coastal cutaway, summer memory beat, transition between Los Angeles scenes, or quiet establishing insert.
Historical context: The clip records casual beachgoing and ocean recreation in a Los Angeles setting without enough visual detail to identify a specific beach or event.
Research note: People are visible only as distant figures, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1962 Los Angeles beach 8mm footage, vintage California ocean waves, home movie beachgoers, and 1960s surf shoreline.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel beach shots, then other Los Angeles 1962 material, then broader 1960s California coast and ocean recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm beach view with surf rolling along the shoreline under a deep blue sky. — Surf reaches the sandy shoreline in a wide Los Angeles beach view.

Distant beachgoers wade in the surf during a 1962 Los Angeles coastal home-movie shot. — Small figures stand in the shallow surf as waves break offshore.

Foamy waves wash toward wet sand in a soft 1962 Los Angeles beach home-movie frame. — White surf spreads across the wet beach near the camera.

Distant figures remain in the surf as waves break along a 1962 Los Angeles beach scene. — Beachgoers appear as small silhouettes amid rolling surf.

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