New Mexico USA-1967: Swimmers and Bodyboarders at Beach

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationNew Mexico, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 New Mexico

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Swimmers and Bodyboarders at Beach — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a group of people enjoying a sunny day at the beach in New Mexico. Swimmers and bodyboarders float on the gentle waves, with a wooden pier visible in the distance. The footage shows natural, unscripted beach recreation under a clear sky, with the characteristic grain and color palette of Super 8 film. This authentic slice of mid-1960s Americana evokes nostalgia for classic summer vacations and seaside fun.

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: 124081269

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1967 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: New Mexico, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 brief beach recreation, swimming, wave play, or vacation cutaways with visible people in the surf.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, soft grain, casual swimwear, and bodyboard-style wave play support a mid-1960s leisure scene, while the exact beach location is metadata-supported rather than visually identifiable.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in its distant, observational view of swimmers waiting for and riding small waves near shore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ocean waves, white surf, swimmers, small body boards, distant horizon, a pier-like structure, bright daylight, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm texture through visible grain, soft focus, slight handheld framing, muted color, and dark gate edges around the contact-sheet frames.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, vacation memory beat, summer recreation cutaway, or transition into material about mid-century leisure.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual beach recreation and group water play in the 1960s without enough visible detail to identify individuals, a specific shoreline, or an event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from any privacy or location concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1967 8mm beach swimmers, 1960s home movie ocean waves, vintage bodyboard recreation, pier in distance, and family vacation surf footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1967 New Mexico-labeled material, then broader 1960s beach, swimming, surfing, and vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 8mm frame of a person in the surf as a small wave rises, with ocean horizon and foamy shoreline visible. — A lone swimmer or bodyboarder waits in the surf as a wave rolls toward shore.

1967 8mm frame showing swimmers spread across open water, white surf in the foreground, and a distant pier-like structure on the horizon. — Swimmers gather beyond the shore break while a distant pier-like structure appears on the horizon.

1967 8mm frame of several people floating and paddling beyond the shore break, with foamy surf across the lower frame. — A small group floats beyond the breaking waves during a sunny beach outing.

1967 8mm frame showing swimmers and bodyboarders near the shore break, with white foam, open water, and horizon behind them. — Swimmers and bodyboarders linger near the shore break as white water crosses the foreground.

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