Los Angeles California USA-1962: Ocean Waves Crashing Against The Shores Of Cliffs

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

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Ocean Waves Crashing Against The Shores Of Cliffs — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic coastal scene in Los Angeles, California. The footage shows deep blue ocean waves crashing against a rugged, sandy shoreline, with steep cliffs rising sharply along the coast. A rocky outcrop juts into the water, and the natural erosion of the cliff face is clearly visible. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color saturation, and a slightly faded look, offering a nostalgic glimpse of the California coastline from the early 1960s. The view is framed by the dark edges of the film projector, enhancing its authentic home movie feel.

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: 123754182

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s California coastal atmosphere, documentary inserts, environmental cutaways, or period travel sequences needing noncommercial home-movie shoreline footage.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, soft focus, saturated blues, and projector-edge framing support an early 1960s home-movie look, while the visible coast appears consistent with the Los Angeles metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint from above the shore, observing surf and cliffs without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include deep blue ocean water, white surf, steep eroded cliffs, a curving rocky shoreline, offshore rocks, distant headland, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, slight color fade, gate shadows, soft registration, and handheld framing that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a coastal cutaway, memory beat, transition from urban Los Angeles to shoreline, or environmental insert for erosion and surf.
Historical context: The scene records a mid-century leisure or travel view of the Southern California coast, focused on cliffs, waves, and shoreline geology rather than people or development.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any broader property or access issues should still be reviewed by the buyer.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 Los Angeles coast 8mm footage, California cliff shoreline, vintage ocean waves, home movie surf, and archival coastal erosion views.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Los Angeles or California footage from 1962, then with broader vintage ocean, cliff, surf, and erosion material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles coastal view on 8mm film, showing waves breaking below steep cliffs and rocks offshore. — Waves break along a curved cliff-backed shoreline.

Vintage 8mm view of the Los Angeles coast, with white surf tracing the base of eroded cliffs and offshore rocks. — Surf curls against the base of rugged coastal cliffs.

1962 home-movie coastal frame showing foamy surf, steep sandy cliffs, and scattered rocks along the Los Angeles shoreline. — White surf spreads across the shore beneath steep cliffs.

Archival 8mm coastal view from Los Angeles in 1962, with waves moving toward a rugged cliff shoreline and dark frame edges visible. — Waves roll toward rocks and a cliff-lined shore.

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