Los Angeles California USA-1962: Motorboat Traversing Ocean Waves and Seagulls on Shore

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

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Motorboat Traversing Ocean Waves and Seagulls on Shore — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a small motorboat navigating choppy ocean waters near the California coast. The footage, framed by the classic 8mm border, shows the boat moving across the waves under a hazy sky, with whitecaps breaking in the foreground. The final frame shifts to a sandy shoreline where seagulls stand in shallow water, evoking a nostalgic summer day at the beach. The purple-tinted color grade and film grain are characteristic of 1960s home movies, offering authentic archival footage 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: 123753243

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 coast home-movie footage for productions needing a brief ocean recreation, boating, or beach cutaway.
Period detail: The 8mm frame, soft color, small leisure boat, and shoreline surf may show a mid-century Southern California beach outing.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from shore with casual handheld framing, emphasizing a family-visitor view of surf and passing watercraft.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include choppy ocean, white surf, a small motorboat, hazy sky, film gate edges, and distant shoreline water.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, purple-blue color shift, slight softness, and handheld framing that support its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a coastal insert, travel transition, beach memory beat, or brief cutaway between shoreline scenes.
Historical context: The footage reflects recreational coastal observation in the Los Angeles area without identifying a specific beach, marina, or event.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, though copyright status and location identification should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 8mm Los Angeles ocean waves, California coast motorboat, vintage beach surf, and home movie seagulls.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then 1962 Los Angeles coast footage, then broader vintage California beach and boating scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles-area 8mm frame showing a small motorboat moving across offshore waves. — A small motorboat travels across choppy coastal water.

1962 Los Angeles-area coastal view with breaking surf and a distant small motorboat on blue water. — Breaking waves roll in while a boat passes offshore.

Vintage 8mm coastal frame from the Los Angeles area with a motorboat beyond rolling surf. — A boat appears beyond the surf line near shore.

1962 Los Angeles-area ocean view with foamy surf in front and a small boat near the horizon. — Foamy surf fills the foreground as the boat continues offshore.

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