Los Angeles California USA-1962: Waves Of A Vast Ocean Slowly Crashing Onto A Beach And Coastal Road

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

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Waves Of A Vast Ocean Slowly Crashing Onto A Beach And... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene beach scene from a moving vehicle. The view, framed by a car window, shows waves slowly crashing onto the shore under a hazy sky. The footage transitions to a coastal road with classic American cars driving past a pier, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century Southern California life. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and motion blur typical of Super 8 footage, evoking a sense of personal memory and historical Americana.

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: 123754867

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Southern California coastal home-movie footage for documentary inserts, travel context, beach atmosphere, or mid-century road-life sequences.
Period detail: The moving road views, older American cars, and soft 8mm color may show early 1960s coastal Los Angeles travel and leisure scenery.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged passenger-window perspective, shifting from ocean surf to a roadway beside the water as the camera records ordinary travel moments.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include breaking surf, sandy beach, hazy horizon, car-window framing, coastal road, passing vehicles, water, and a distant pier-like structure.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, faded color, soft focus, exposure variation, gate edges, and motion blur that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, road-trip transition, coastal cutaway, or memory beat between Los Angeles travel scenes.
Historical context: The frames place beach recreation and coastal driving within a mid-century California home-movie view without confirming a specific beach or landmark from the images alone.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no clear logos appear, and copyright clearance is separate from privacy or property review.
Research search match: Searches for 1962 Los Angeles 8mm beach footage, Southern California coastal road home movie, vintage ocean surf, and mid-century cars by the water may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles coastal footage, then broader 1960s beach, road-trip, and ocean-surf home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles-area 8mm view of waves breaking on a beach through dark vehicle-window framing. — Waves break along the beach from a moving passenger-window viewpoint.

Soft 8mm beach view in Los Angeles metadata, with surf, sand, haze, and small distant figures near the waterline. — Surf and distant beachgoers appear beyond the window frame.

1962 8mm coastal road view in Los Angeles metadata, showing an older car, water, roadway, and a distant pier-like structure. — A classic car passes along a coastal road beside the water.

Passenger-side 8mm view of a coastal Los Angeles road, with mid-century cars, open water, and a distant pier-like form. — Cars travel along the waterfront road with water and a pier-like structure beyond.

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