Camden New Jersey-1961: Woman in Polka-Dot Swimsuit Walks on Beach

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationCamden, New Jersey, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Camden New Jersey

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Woman in Polka-Dot Swimsuit Walks on Beach — Clip Details

A woman in a white polka-dot one-piece swimsuit walks along a sandy beach in Camden, New Jersey, in 1961. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures her from behind as she strolls past other beachgoers and a vintage car. The scene is bright and sunny, with a nostalgic, grainy quality characteristic of home movies from the early 1960s. The clip ends with a dark, blurry frame, suggesting the film was cut or damaged. This authentic vintage 8mm home movie offers a candid glimpse into mid-century American beach culture.

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: 124561098

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 1096 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: christmas,lake
Reel-level year note: 1960-1961
Reel-level location note: new jersey
Date: 1961 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: Camden, New Jersey, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for early 1960s American beach leisure footage, especially documentary inserts about swimwear, recreation, and informal summer public life.
Period detail: The one-piece polka-dot swimsuit, sandy beach setting, and partially visible vintage car fit the supplied 1961 Camden, New Jersey home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera follows a woman from behind as she walks through a busy beach area, giving the clip an unstaged family-observer perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in white polka-dot swimwear, sandy ground, beachgoers, a dark car, white posts, folding beach furniture, and a dark end frame.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, warm daylight exposure, handheld movement, and brief darkened footage at the end.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for mid-century beach recreation and summer travel sequences.
Historical context: The clip shows casual public beachgoing in the early 1960s, with bodies, clothing, and leisure activity recorded from a private home-movie viewpoint.
Research note: People are visible and may require likeness review; no logos or private property are evident, but copyright and personality rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1961 Camden beach home movie, 8mm woman in swimsuit, early 1960s beachgoers, and vintage American summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Camden material, then broader 1960s beach, swimwear, and family recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Camden, New Jersey beach scene with a woman in a white polka-dot one-piece swimsuit walking past other people on sand. — A woman in polka-dot swimwear walks across a sunny sandy beach area.

A woman in a white polka-dot swimsuit walks away from the camera on a Camden beach as a dark car passes or sits nearby. — The woman continues walking away with a dark car visible beside the sandy path.

Home-movie view of a woman in a white polka-dot swimsuit walking through a busy Camden beach scene with people nearby. — Beachgoers and folding furniture appear as the woman walks farther from the camera.

The clip ends on a very dark, blurry 8mm frame with indistinct shapes and little readable detail. — A dark end frame suggests an underexposed or cut portion of the film.

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