San Francisco California-1963: Dead Fish On A Beach

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 San Francisco California

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Dead Fish On A Beach — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a dead fish lying on a sandy beach in San Francisco, California. The grainy, color-bleached footage shows the fish resting on cracked concrete near a green bucket and a brown cloth, with a person's foot in a black shoe visible nearby. The scene has a raw, unfiltered quality typical of personal 1960s home movies, with natural lighting and a slightly tilted camera angle. This archival clip offers a candid glimpse of everyday life and nature from the early 1960s, perfect for historical or nostalgic projects.

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: 123775041

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 1112 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: knotts berry farm,zoo,san diego,mary,park,phillip
Reel-level year note: 1963
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1963 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: San Francisco, 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 San Francisco 8mm footage for productions needing a brief beach or waterfront cutaway with a dead fish and casual home-movie observation.
Period detail: The color 8mm stock, handheld framing, simple bucket, shoe, cloth, and concrete edge may show a casual early-1960s shoreline visit rather than a staged scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of someone briefly noticing and filming a dead fish near the water during a personal outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dead fish, rippling water, cracked concrete or sand, a green bucket, brown cloth, a looped strap, a black shoe, and partial legs.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, color fading, and handheld contact-sheet framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, environmental cutaway, transitional beat, or understated memory detail in a waterfront or nature sequence.
Historical context: The scene suggests an ordinary public shoreline moment in San Francisco, with a small dead fish observed near personal belongings and the water's edge.
Research note: People are only partially visible, but likeness review may still be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from privacy or property review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1963 San Francisco 8mm dead fish, vintage beach home movie, shoreline animal cutaway, and 1960s waterfront footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1963 San Francisco shoreline clips, then broader vintage beach, fishing, or found-nature material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 San Francisco 8mm frame showing rippling water, bright reflections, a concrete edge, and a small pale fish near the surface. — A small pale fish appears near dark rippling water at the shoreline edge.

1963 San Francisco home-movie frame showing a dead fish on cracked shoreline ground near a green bucket, brown cloth, strap, and partial foot. — The dead fish lies on cracked ground beside beach items and a partially visible shoe.

1963 San Francisco 8mm frame with a dead fish on cracked shoreline ground beside a brown cloth, green bucket, and looped strap. — A closer view holds on the dead fish and nearby beach items.

1963 San Francisco home-movie frame showing the dead fish beside a green bucket, brown cloth, strap, human shadow, and partial shoe. — The final frame keeps the dead fish centered while a shadow and shoe enter the edge of view.

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