Los Angeles California USA-1962: Rocky Outcrop In Deep Blue Sea With Crashing Waves

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

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Rocky Outcrop In Deep Blue Sea With Crashing Waves — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic coastal scene with a large rocky outcrop rising from the deep blue sea. White waves crash against the rugged formation, creating a dynamic interplay of water and stone. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—slight grain, soft focus, and a distinct blue color cast—evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American seaside memory. The frame is bordered by the film's black sprocket holes, emphasizing its authentic archival quality. This clip offers a serene yet powerful view of nature's raw beauty, ideal for historical, editorial, or nostalgic content.

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: 123754191

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: 1960s Southern California coastal home-movie footage for documentary inserts, location texture, or nature cutaways needing rocky surf and open sea.
Period detail: The frames show no dated signage or people, so the 1962 period rests on clip metadata rather than visible historical markers.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot viewpoint, holding on a dramatic offshore rock as waves break around it from a distant coastal vantage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark rocky outcrop, deep blue ocean, white surf, smaller shoreline rocks, film gate borders, and a blue color cast.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, grain, slight exposure variation, gate edges, and saturated blue color typical of small-gauge home-movie footage.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a short coastal cutaway, transition beat, establishing insert, or reflective memory shot within a mid-century California sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents recreational or observational coastal filming in the Los Angeles area without visible development, crowds, or identifying landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and exact location identification still require separate rights review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1962 Los Angeles coast 8mm, rocky ocean outcrop, blue sea waves, California surf home movie, and vintage coastal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles coastal views, then broader vintage surf, rocks, and Pacific shoreline footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles-area coastal home-movie frame showing a rocky outcrop in blue sea with waves breaking around it. — Rocky offshore formation with white waves breaking at its base.

Blue-toned 8mm frame of a rugged coastal rock formation in the Los Angeles area with white surf around it. — Large coastal rock formation surrounded by blue water and foamy surf.

Vintage 8mm coastal view with a dark rock outcrop, blue ocean, white surf, and additional shoreline rocks at frame edge. — Rocky outcrop and surrounding surf seen through a soft blue film scan.

1962 coastal home-movie frame showing white surf churning around a rugged rock formation in deep blue sea. — Waves churn around the base of the rocky offshore formation.

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