Los Angeles California USA-1962: Four People Stand Facing Waves Of Ocean On Beach

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

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Four People Stand Facing Waves Of Ocean On Beach — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures four people standing in the ocean waves at a beach in Los Angeles, California. The footage shows a grainy, purple-tinted color palette typical of Super 8 film from the era, with gentle waves rolling onto the shore. The subjects, wearing swimwear, are silhouetted against the water as they face the ocean, creating a nostalgic and serene summer memory. The frame edges and film grain add to the authentic, archival feel of this classic American beach scene.

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: 123753225

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: Useful for 1960s Los Angeles beach-life requests needing authentic home-movie ocean footage for documentary, museum, education or period atmosphere edits.
Period detail: The footage may show early 1960s beach recreation through swimwear silhouettes, simple shoreline activity and the visible 8mm home-movie frame edges.
Home-movie behavior: Four beachgoers stand casually in shallow surf facing the waves, giving the clip an unstaged family-vacation or day-at-the-beach perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include breaking waves, wet sand, distant swimmers, a dark horizon line, blue-purple sky, surf foam and rounded 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, purple-blue color shift, soft focus, gate edges and slight handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, beach transition or atmospheric cutaway within a sequence about coastal leisure or summer travel.
Historical context: The scene reflects ordinary public beach recreation in Los Angeles as recorded by a home-movie camera, without identifiable landmarks or named events visible.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed even though no logos, brands or private property are apparent in these frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 8mm Los Angeles beach footage, vintage ocean waves, home movie swimmers, 1960s California beach and surf cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles beach material, then broader vintage California ocean and vacation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 8mm home-movie frame of four distant beachgoers standing in waves along a Los Angeles shoreline. — Four figures stand in the surf as waves break toward the beach.

1962 Los Angeles beach footage shows distant figures in shallow surf under a blue-purple sky. — Beachgoers remain near the wave break as foam spreads across the shore.

8mm home-movie view of Los Angeles beachgoers in the surf with a wide band of foamy water in front. — A low handheld view frames swimmers beyond the incoming white water.

1962 8mm Los Angeles shoreline frame with four distant figures standing amid diagonal lines of surf foam. — Four figures gather in shallow water while waves angle toward shore.

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