Los Angeles California USA-1962: Ocean Waves Behind Cars Parked Near Motel

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

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Ocean Waves Behind Cars Parked Near Motel — Clip Details

Shot from a moving vehicle in 1962, this vintage 8mm film captures a sun-drenched California coastal road. Classic American cars from the early 1960s are parked along the roadside near a retro motel with a prominent sign. The ocean waves crash onto a sandy beach, with power lines and a small building visible under a clear blue sky. The footage has authentic film grain and color fading, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century roadside Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123754824

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: Useful for 1960s Los Angeles coastal-road inserts, mid-century motel exteriors, roadside car culture, and beach-adjacent travel atmosphere in documentary or period productions.
Period detail: The parked late-1950s to early-1960s cars, motel sign, low roadside buildings, utility poles, and open beach frontage support the 1962 California setting in the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a traveler filming through or from a moving car, briefly catching motel frontage, parked cars, and the ocean beyond the road.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a paved coastal road, parked cars, a motel sign, low buildings, utility poles, sandy beach, ocean waves, rocks, and sparse roadside plants.
Film character: The 8mm image shows soft focus, gate edges, mild color fading, dust specks, uneven exposure, and motion blur consistent with scanned home-movie travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing cutaway, travel transition, period road insert, or memory beat linking motel life with the Southern California shoreline.
Historical context: The footage documents beachside roadside commerce and automobile travel culture as seen from a passing vehicle, without enough visual evidence to identify the motel or exact street.
Research note: People and signage appear in the clip, so likeness, trademark, and location review may be needed in addition to copyright assessment before sensitive or commercial use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 Los Angeles beach road 8mm, California motel roadside cars, early 1960s ocean waves by parked cars, and home movie coastal travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles coastal footage, then broader 1960s motel, beach, and roadside Americana material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles coastal roadside view from a moving vehicle, with parked cars, a utility pole, beach sand, and ocean surf beyond. — Parked cars line a coastal road with ocean waves visible behind them.

1962 Los Angeles roadside motel frontage with classic parked cars, a large motel sign, utility pole, and coastal road beside the beach. — A motel sign and parked cars appear along the beachside road.

1962 Los Angeles coastal roadside view showing a low building, motel sign, classic parked cars, utility pole, and the road from a moving vehicle. — A low building and motel sign pass by beside parked cars on the coastal road.

1962 Los Angeles beachside road view with ocean surf, sand, rocks, sparse plants, and the roadway blurred by vehicle motion. — The moving camera looks past the road toward sand, rocks, and ocean waves.

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