Los Angeles California USA-1962: Driving Along A Two Lane Road Along The Water's Edge

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

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Driving Along A Two Lane Road Along The Water's Edge — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a scenic drive along a coastal highway in Los Angeles, California. Classic American automobiles from the early 1960s, including a white sedan and a red convertible, travel along a two-lane road beside the water. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows a pier and waterfront buildings in the distance under a bright blue sky. The film exhibits natural grain and color fading typical of Super 8 home movies, evoking a strong sense of mid-century Americana and nostalgia. The sequence transitions to a bustling city street with a prominent clock tower and dome, showcasing daily life in 1960s Los Angeles.

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: 123754870

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: 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: Useful for 1960s Los Angeles travel, road, waterfront, and city-street insert needs in documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions.
Period detail: Early-1960s automobiles, open waterfront roadway, pier-like structures, and a city block with a clock tower may show everyday Los Angeles movement in 1962.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a passenger-window perspective from a moving car, valuing casual observation over staged composition.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include moving sedans, a red convertible, lane markings, waterfront railings, distant pier buildings, parked cars, storefronts, and a clock-tower-like structure.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, gate edges, and handheld motion that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, travel transition, waterfront cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century Los Angeles movement.
Historical context: The footage suggests routine automobile travel beside water and through a commercial street, reflecting car-centered public space without proving a specific route or landmark.
Research note: People and vehicles are visible at a distance, so copyright, likeness, location, and property considerations should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Searches for 1962 8mm Los Angeles driving footage, 1960s California waterfront road, vintage cars by the water, or mid-century city street may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles footage, then broader 1960s California driving and waterfront travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing cars on a road beside water, with distant pier-like structures under a pale sky. — Moving traffic passes a waterfront edge with low pier buildings in the background.

Traffic moves along a Los Angeles waterfront road, with early-1960s cars and pier structures visible beyond the roadside. — A line of period cars moves past the waterfront, including a red convertible near the center.

1962 home-movie view of cars traveling along a waterfront road in Los Angeles, seen through the edge of the film frame. — Mid-century cars pass along a waterfront roadway with low buildings across the water.

A moving 8mm view of a Los Angeles city street with parked cars, storefronts, and a clock-tower-like structure in the distance. — The sequence shifts from waterfront road to a blurred commercial street with a tower-like landmark ahead.

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