San Francisco California-1963: Rocky Shoreline With Ocean Waves And Cliff

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

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Rocky Shoreline With Ocean Waves And Cliff — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a desolate rocky shoreline along the California coast. The frame is bordered by dark film edges, with layered rock formations stretching toward the ocean under an overcast sky. Gentle waves lap against the rocks, and a steep, vegetated cliff rises on the right. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and subtle film imperfections, evoking a quiet, contemplative mood. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of a natural coastal landscape, perfect for historical or atmospheric 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: 123775815

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s California coastal home-movie footage for editors needing a quiet shoreline insert, atmospheric transition, or archival nature cutaway.
Period detail: The visible period detail comes mainly from the 8mm frame edges, muted color, grain, and 1963 metadata rather than date-specific objects in the landscape.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the shore from a visitor-like position, holding on rocks, surf, and cliff without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: The frames show layered shore rocks, rounded boulders, shallow tide pools, low ocean waves, a pale overcast sky, dark film borders, and a vegetated cliff at right.
Film character: The clip has a soft 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, faded color, gate edges, dust specks, and slight exposure unevenness.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a coastal establishing insert, contemplative memory beat, natural transition, or quiet cutaway between human scenes.
Historical context: The footage documents a rocky San Francisco coastal landscape in 1963, emphasizing shoreline texture and ocean conditions rather than built environment or public activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location-related use questions separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1963 San Francisco coast 8mm, vintage California rocky shoreline, home movie ocean waves, and archival cliff beach footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then San Francisco or California footage from 1963, then broader 1960s coastal landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 San Francisco coastal home-movie frame showing layered rocks, boulders, ocean waves, and a vegetated cliff under a pale sky. — Layered rocks and boulders line the shore as small waves move in below a cliff.

1963 San Francisco shoreline view with dark film edges, flat rock shelves, scattered boulders, gentle surf, and a cliff rising at right. — Flat rock shelves stretch toward the ocean, with scattered boulders and surf near the cliff.

1963 California coastal frame showing low surf, wet rock shelves, rounded stones, and a steep vegetated cliff along the right edge. — Low surf moves across wet rock shelves with rounded stones gathered near the cliff base.

1963 San Francisco coastal home-movie frame with layered shoreline rocks, small waves, a pale ocean horizon, and cliff vegetation at right. — The rocky coastline opens toward the horizon while small waves break around the shore rocks.

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