San Pedro California-1962: Looking Down On The Houses And The Beach Water Is

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

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Looking Down On The Houses And The Beach Water Is — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of San Pedro, California, from an elevated perspective. The footage shows a residential neighborhood with houses nestled among trees, overlooking a sandy beach and calm blue water. Palm fronds frame the right side of the view, while power lines and utility poles crisscross the scene. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, warm color tones, and visible grain, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century Southern California coastal life.

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: 123808526

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 Pedro, 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 establishing footage for documentaries, museum programs, or period edits needing an elevated residential view toward beach and water.
Period detail: The scene may show mid-century coastal development through low houses, utility poles, sparse roadside traffic, and an open shoreline seen from above.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor or resident home-movie viewpoint, holding on a distant coastal neighborhood and beach rather than staging activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include hillside houses, trees, utility poles, roads, parked or moving cars, sandy beach, calm water, and dark palm or foreground framing.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, muted blue-purple color, visible dust, grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing consistent with home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, coastal transition, memory beat, or cutaway for San Pedro and 1960s Southern California context.
Historical context: The view places residential streets close to beach and harbor-like water, offering visual context for everyday coastal living without identifying a specific landmark.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are apparent, but copyright, location, and any property or municipal permissions should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 San Pedro 8mm coastal view, Southern California beach neighborhood home movie, and elevated vintage shoreline footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other San Pedro or 1962 California footage, then broader 1960s beach, neighborhood, and coastal themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 San Pedro home-movie frame showing hillside houses, trees, poles, roads, and distant coastal water from an elevated viewpoint. — Elevated residential view toward the coast, with houses and utility poles in the foreground.

1962 San Pedro coastal view with beach, water, hillside residences, roadside cars, and dark foreground framing. — A beach and calm water below hillside homes, seen through dark foreground framing.

1962 San Pedro frame looking down on shoreline, blue water, hillside houses, low vegetation, cars, and utility poles. — The shoreline curves below a residential hillside, with cars and poles visible near the road.

1962 San Pedro home-movie still of a beach and calm water below hillside residences, framed by utility poles and roadside cars. — Beach, water, and hillside homes appear in a soft 8mm coastal view.

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