San Diego California-1962: Sunset Across The Beach And Hillsides

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 California

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Sunset Across The Beach And Hillsides — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene sunset over San Diego, California. The view is framed by dark silhouettes, likely from a window or doorway, with the horizon glowing in warm orange and yellow hues. Layered clouds stretch across the sky, tinged with purple and blue as the sun dips below the hills. Power lines and utility poles are visible in the distance, adding to the mid-century suburban atmosphere. The film exhibits natural grain and slight color fading, characteristic of Super 8 footage from the era. This nostalgic clip evokes a quiet, reflective moment from a bygone time.

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: 123807425

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 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: San Diego, 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: Useful for 1960s Southern California archive requests needing a quiet sunset, coastal-suburban atmosphere, or reflective home-movie transition.
Period detail: The distant utility poles, low hillside silhouettes, and color 8mm exposure may show a mid-century San Diego residential or coastal vantage point.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged home-movie perspective, observing the sunset from behind a dark window or doorway rather than a composed scenic overlook.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include layered clouds, a glowing horizon, dark vertical framing, hillside silhouettes, faint rooftops, utility poles, and a shadowed tree mass.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, gentle color fading, low-light exposure, and slight frame variation that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as an establishing insert, reflective transition, memory beat, or quiet cutaway between San Diego or 1960s family scenes.
Historical context: The view suggests everyday Southern California domestic observation, with landscape, sky, and utility infrastructure sharing the frame.
Research note: No people, logos, or identifiable brands are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property implications.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 8mm San Diego sunset footage, vintage California home movie sky, coastal hills at dusk, and mid-century suburban landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 San Diego footage, then broader California sunset or home-movie landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Diego 8mm frame showing a dim sunset horizon, layered clouds, distant hills, utility poles, and dark foreground framing. — A sunset horizon sits beyond silhouetted hills, utility poles, and dark foreground edges.

1962 San Diego home-movie frame with sunset clouds over hills, seen through dark foreground shapes and a large tree silhouette. — Layered dusk clouds and hills are seen through shadowed foreground framing.

1962 San Diego 8mm still showing a softly exposed sunset over hills, with utility poles below and dark window-like framing. — The horizon glows beneath layered clouds, with utility poles faintly visible below.

1962 San Diego frame with dusk clouds, a warm horizon, hillside silhouettes, and heavy dark foreground framing from a nearby structure or tree. — A dark foreground shape frames the final view of sunset clouds over the hills.

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