Silver Lake California-1966: Person Walking on Rocks by Ocean

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationSilver Lake, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 California

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Person Walking on Rocks by Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures a person exploring a rocky shoreline at Silver Lake, California. The individual, wearing a white swimsuit, walks carefully across wet, dark stones as waves crash in the background under a pale blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections, evoking a nostalgic, personal memory of a seaside moment. The scene is framed by the film's characteristic black borders, enhancing its authentic archival feel.

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: 124060414

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 1106 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: wedding,vacation
Reel-level year note: 1966
Reel-level location note: danville,illinois,california
Date: 1966 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: Silver Lake, 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 home-movie requests needing a brief coastal recreation moment or seaside memory cutaway from 8mm footage.
Period detail: The light swimsuit, informal handheld framing, and 8mm color stock may show mid-1960s amateur vacation filming rather than staged production.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment of a person carefully navigating wet shoreline rocks while surf moves behind them.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a person in a white swimsuit, dark shoreline rocks, shallow tidal water, ocean waves, a pale blue sky, and black film borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, color fading, gate edges, and slight exposure variation give the scan a recognizable 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short seaside insert, transitional beat, or memory cutaway within a broader 1960s family or travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage offers a personal-view record of casual shoreline recreation in material identified as California in 1966.
Research note: A visible person may require likeness review, while no logos or private property are apparent and copyright clearance remains separate.
Research search match: Research matches include 1966 8mm California rocky shoreline, person walking on ocean rocks, and vintage home movie beach footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Silver Lake or California 1966 material, then other rocky-shore home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 8mm home-movie frame of a person in a white swimsuit moving across wet shoreline rocks with waves beyond. — A person steps across rocks near the surf line under a pale sky.

Identified 1966 California 8mm footage shows a person near ocean rocks, partly bent forward as surf breaks behind them. — The figure pauses low over the rocks while small waves roll in behind.

A soft 8mm frame shows the person leaning over dark coastal rocks, with shallow water and low surf in the background. — The person leans toward the rocks as water pools around the shoreline.

The final 1966 8mm frame keeps the person small in the scene, standing among rocks as the ocean breaks behind them. — The figure remains among the shoreline rocks with the surf active behind.

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