San Diego County California-1968: Quiet Day At The Pool With Wind Blowing

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 San Diego California

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Quiet Day At The Pool With Wind Blowing — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a quiet day at a swimming pool in San Diego County, California. The scene shows a calm pool with a lifeguard stand and striped poolside furniture, all under a soft, overcast sky. A white life preserver hangs on the wall, and potted plants line the background. The footage has a nostalgic, slightly faded quality with visible film grain and subtle motion blur, evoking a peaceful, mid-century American leisure moment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124630530

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 1333 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: #1
Reel-level year note: 1968
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1968 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: San Diego, 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 Southern California leisure edits needing a quiet swimming-pool cutaway without visible people.
Period detail: The striped pool furniture, wall-mounted life ring, potted plants, and faded 8mm color may show late-1960s poolside design and recreation settings.
Home-movie behavior: The short, static home-movie view values atmosphere over action, recording wind and stillness around an empty pool area.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a swimming pool surface, striped chairs or loungers, a lifeguard stand, a white life ring, potted plants, and a pale wall.
Film character: The scan has soft focus, faded color, visible grain, mild exposure washout, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the physical 8mm texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm insert, transition, or memory beat for suburban recreation, summer weather, or poolside quiet.
Historical context: The clip reflects a low-key mid-century leisure setting in San Diego County, with no visible swimmers or identifiable people in the sampled frames.
Research note: No people are visible, but the possible marked life ring or pool signage and any property context should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: 1968 8mm San Diego County pool, vintage California swimming pool cutaway, empty pool home movie, windy poolside leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1968 San Diego County exteriors, then broader vintage poolside or California leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 San Diego County 8mm frame showing an empty swimming pool area with striped furniture, a stand, plants, and a wall-mounted life ring. — A quiet poolside area with striped furniture and a life ring appears beyond the pool water.

Faded 8mm view of the San Diego County pool area, with striped seating, potted plants, a stand, and a life ring against the wall. — Striped poolside furnishings and a wall-mounted life ring sit behind the still pool surface.

1968 home-movie frame of a quiet San Diego County pool, with water in the foreground and striped furniture, plants, and a life ring behind it. — The pool remains empty while striped furniture and potted plants line the far side.

Faded 8mm frame from San Diego County showing an empty poolside setting with striped furnishings, plants, a stand, and a wall life ring. — A static home-movie view holds on the empty pool and its striped poolside furnishings.

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