Clearwater Florida-1964: Couple Floats On Inflatable Rafts In Ocean

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationClearwater, Florida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Clearwater Florida

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Couple Floats On Inflatable Rafts In Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a family enjoying a sunny day at the beach in Clearwater, Florida. Two individuals, a man and a woman, relax together on inflatable floats in the calm ocean, both wearing classic swim caps and swimsuits. The footage shows them floating and gently moving in the water, with the vast blue sea and sky forming a serene backdrop. The clip exhibits the characteristic grain, color shift, and slight distortion of 8mm home movie footage, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American beach life and leisure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123990653

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 1118 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1964
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1964 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: Clearwater, Florida, 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 Florida beach leisure footage for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing real home-movie ocean recreation.
Period detail: The swim caps, simple inflatable rafts, swimsuits, and 8mm color home-movie look support a mid-1960s beach-vacation setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family-beach moment as two adults drift, paddle, and adjust themselves on inflatable rafts in shallow ocean water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults, swim caps, swimsuits, pale inflatable rafts, calm blue water, a low horizon, open sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, blue color shift, visible grain, gate weave, dust specks, and contact-sheet framing give the footage a tactile 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, beach-memory cutaway, vacation transition, or period leisure beat between broader 1960s family scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century American seaside recreation through casual adult swimming and raft play, without identifiable landmarks or public events visible.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so users should assess likeness permissions separately from copyright and confirm any production-specific clearance needs.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 Clearwater Florida beach home movie, 8mm ocean swimmers, vintage inflatable rafts, and 1960s family vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Clearwater 1964 beach material, then wider 1960s swimming and family-vacation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supported 1964 Clearwater, Florida footage, two adults in swim caps rest on pale inflatable rafts in the ocean. — Two adults float close together on inflatable rafts near the low ocean horizon.

Two adults on pale green and white inflatable rafts paddle through calm ocean water in the 1964 Clearwater beach clip. — The pair drifts across the water while lying on inflatable rafts.

Two adults in swim caps and swimsuits recline on inflatable rafts, seen in soft 8mm color off Clearwater, Florida. — The adults recline on their floats as small ripples pass around them.

Two adults wearing swim caps sit partly upright with pale inflatable rafts in calm Clearwater ocean water. — The rafts bunch together as the adults sit up and continue floating.

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