New Mexico USA-1967: People Playing in Ocean on Inflatables and Surfboards

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

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People Playing in Ocean on Inflatables and Surfboards — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a group of people enjoying a sunny day at the ocean. Individuals in swimwear play in the waves, some floating on colorful inflatable tubes while others paddle on surfboards. The footage shows gentle waves breaking near the shore, with a hazy sky above. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus are characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century beach recreation.

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: 124081292

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: 1960s home-movie beach recreation footage suited for documentary inserts about leisure, vacation memory, swimming, surfing, or family travel culture.
Period detail: The swimwear, inflatable water toys, surfboards, faded color, and handheld 8mm framing may show mid-1960s amateur vacation filming.
Home-movie behavior: Unstaged swimmers and board riders drift, paddle, and play in small surf from a shore-facing home-movie perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open water, low surf, swimmers, inflatable tubes, surfboards, a hazy horizon, foamy shoreline waves, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, moderate grain, slight exposure variation, rounded frame edges, and handheld framing that give it physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for beach outings, summer leisure, or amateur vacation footage.
Historical context: The footage documents casual recreational use of waves and flotation gear, with no visible signage or landmarks to confirm a specific beach setting.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from releases.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s 8mm beach swimmers, vintage home movie surfboards, inflatable tubes in waves, and amateur vacation sea footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel beach scenes, then metadata-matched 1967 or New Mexico material if verified, then broader 1960s swimming and surf recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960s 8mm home-movie frame of people in swimwear using inflatable tubes and swimming in low surf. — Swimmers and inflatable tubes gather beyond a small breaking wave.

Home-movie frame showing two distant people on boards or flotation gear beyond gentle surf. — Two board riders sit and paddle in the water beyond the shore break.

A distant swimmer or surfer paddles on a board in choppy water, filmed in soft 8mm color. — A single board rider moves through rippled water close to the surf line.

1960s home-movie frame of two distant board riders in gentle surf with foam crossing the foreground. — Board riders wait in low surf as foamy water rolls through the foreground.

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