Clearwater Florida-1964: Couple Riding Motorcycle on Beach

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

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Couple Riding Motorcycle on Beach — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a couple riding a motorcycle across a sandy beach in Clearwater, Florida. The footage shows the motorcycle moving from right to left, with people wading in the ocean and others walking along the shore in the background. The scene is bathed in a distinct blue tint, characteristic of aged film, with visible grain, scratches, and light leaks. The couple rides side-by-side, with the passenger waving, conveying a sense of carefree summer leisure and nostalgic Americana.

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: 123990785

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 suited for documentary inserts about summer travel, coastal recreation, motorcycles, or informal postwar American vacation culture.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-1960s beach recreation through casual swimwear, open sand driving, and an 8mm home-movie view of Clearwater shoreline activity.
Home-movie behavior: The passenger waves toward the camera as the motorcycle passes, giving the scene an unstaged family-film feeling rather than a posed travel shot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a motorcycle with two riders, wet beach sand, ocean surf, scattered bathers, distant shoreline figures, blue-tinted sky, and film frame edges.
Film character: The scan carries strong blue color shift, soft focus, visible grain, scratches, gate edges, and exposure variation typical of aged 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, beach-life cutaway, travel transition, or period insert for a 1960s Florida leisure sequence.
Historical context: The footage records casual public beach use and motorcycle riding on open sand, offering visual context for mid-century seaside recreation without identifying individuals.
Research note: People and faces are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from privacy review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1960s Clearwater Florida beach home movie, 8mm motorcycle on sand, vintage Florida vacation footage, and couple riding motorcycle by surf.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1964 Clearwater beach scenes, then broader 1960s Florida travel or beach recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1964 Clearwater, Florida, two riders move across a blue-tinted beach scene while people stand near the surf in the background. — Motorcycle riders cross the beach as distant bathers gather near the shoreline.

The motorcycle continues across the Clearwater beach frame, with ocean surf and scattered beachgoers behind it. — Two riders pass along the open sand with beachgoers visible near the surf.

Two riders pass closer to camera on the Clearwater beach, and the passenger raises a hand in a casual wave. — The passenger waves as the motorcycle moves past the camera on the sand.

At the end of the 1964 Clearwater beach clip, the riders pass close to camera with the passenger still gesturing near the surf. — The motorcycle exits close to camera, with the shoreline and pale sky behind it.

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